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Fornovo 1495 - France's Bloody Fighting Retreat

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Middle Ages (500 to 1500 A.D.)


Product Info

Title
Fornovo 1495 - France's Bloody Fighting Retreat
Publisher
Category
Author
David Nicolle
Publish Year
1996
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147860664
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM043
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM43

Description

In the year 1495, Charles VIII was the youthful King of France, the most powerful state in medieval Europe. A dreamer who saw himself as the savior of Christian Europe, he believed he could roll back the ever-spreading tide of Ottoman Turkish conquest. As a base for his crusade he was determined to seize southern Italy. In a lightning campaign he used France's modern army to sweep through Italy, his mobile field artillery train smashing into dust the tall towers of Italy's medieval castles. The Italian states rallied and at Fornovo their alliance, the League of Venice, fought Charles' army to a standstill.