The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 24
... Italy rather than the fighting men of the north who reaped the intellectual benefit ; and it is established that Italy sup- plied to Portugal the rudimentary knowledge of world geography which gave an edge to her crusading fervour . Italian ...
... Italy rather than the fighting men of the north who reaped the intellectual benefit ; and it is established that Italy sup- plied to Portugal the rudimentary knowledge of world geography which gave an edge to her crusading fervour . Italian ...
Page 359
... Italy . That Italy should be delivered over to the Emperor seemed to Britain advan- tageous ; but to the Italian rulers of Spain , intolerable . Hence when , in May 1716 , peace - seeking Britain made her defensive alliance with the ...
... Italy . That Italy should be delivered over to the Emperor seemed to Britain advan- tageous ; but to the Italian rulers of Spain , intolerable . Hence when , in May 1716 , peace - seeking Britain made her defensive alliance with the ...
Page 374
... Italy , and the short - lived invasion of Provence in the autumn of 1746 formed something of a moral offset to the Belgian triumphs of the French . Continuous warfare in the Netherlands and Italy was accompanied by intermittent though ...
... Italy , and the short - lived invasion of Provence in the autumn of 1746 formed something of a moral offset to the Belgian triumphs of the French . Continuous warfare in the Netherlands and Italy was accompanied by intermittent though ...
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