The Italian Wars 1494-1559

The late Michael Mallett was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Warwick and a distinguished historian of fifteenth- and sixteenth century Italy. His books included Mercenaries and their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy (1974), and (with J.R.Hale) The Military Organization of a Renaissance State: Venice c.1400 to 1617 (1984). Christine Shaw has published extensively on the political and military society of Renaissance Italy. Her books include Julius II: The Warrior Pope (1993), The Politics of Exile in Renaissance Italy (2000), and (as editor) Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War 1500-1530 (2006).

Introduction. 1. The Genesis of the Wars and the First French Expedition. 2. Milan and Naples Overwhelmed, 1496-1503. 3. The Conflict Widens. 4. New Orders Struggling to be Born, 1512-1519. 5. The Contest for Supremacy in Italy, 1520-1529. 6. The Transformation of War. 7. The Resources of War. 8. Testing the Boundaries, 1529-47. 9. 1547-1559. 10. The Legacies of the Wars. Bibliography. Index.