The History Of Modern Europe From The Fall Of Constantinople In 1453 To The War In The Crimea In 1857

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Traverse the centuries and continents to explore the political, social, and cultural developments of modern Europe. From the Byzantine Empire to the Crimea War, this sweeping history provides an in-depth look at the major events and figures that shaped the European landscape. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...and after a short but terrible encounter the Spanish and Papal cavalry were overthrown. Cardona and Carvajal, who commanded the rear guard, retired too early for their honour, and were escorted from the field by Antonio de Leyva, then a young subaltern, who afterwards acquired so much renown in the wars of Italy. Fabrizio Colonna, already a distinguished Italian general, the young Marquis of Pescara, a Neapolitan, whose fame was yet to be achieved, and the Cardinal John de' Medici, were taken prisoners; and the latter, who had retained his sacerdotal habit in the midst of the fray, was conducted before the Cardinal of San Severino, the legate of the conciUabuXum of Pisa. The struggle, which was not so soon decided between the infantry, served to display the relative merits of the Spanish foot and the German lansquenets. The latter, like the Grecian phalanx, were armed with spears of an enormous length, and fought in close column; the former, furnished like the Roman legionaries with a short sword and buckler, again established the superiority of that weapon. The Spaniards, protected by their defensive armour, insinuated themselves between the ranks of the Germans, whose unwieldy lances became useless at close quarters, and they would have been cut to pieces had they not been rescued by the French cavalry.2 The Spanish infantry was broken, and 77 The comparative value of these Principe, cap. ult. The great defect of troops has been estimated by Maechia-the Spanish infantry wag, that it could velli, Arte delta Guerra, lib. ii. Cf. // not resist cavalry. Besides the ordinary VOL. I. U Pedro Navarro made prisoner; but a considerable body of them was retiring in good order, when Gaston, irritated at the carnage which they had made, and...