From Cyprus to Lepanto

Author

Gianpietro Contarini

Original Work

History of the War brought against the Venetians by Selim the Ottoman

Translator

Kiril Petkov

Editor

Kiril Petkov

Language

English

Year

2019

Publisher

Italica Press

Country

United States

Pages

188

ISBN

9781599103822

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AT LEPANTO, on October 7, 1571, more than 450 heavily armed galleys with over 150,000 sailors, oarsmen, and soldiers clashed in a short but fierce fight. In terms of hardware, manpower, and logistics, it was the largest encounter of oared vessels of the pre-modern world. Lepanto was the peak of the war between the Ottomans and the Mediterranean Christian powers. Of accounts of the battle and the events that led to it, Giovanni Pietro Contarini’s History of the Events holds the pride of place. Kiril Petkov’s introduction places it within its historical context of international diplomacy and war, ideological conflict, and individual agency. Translated from the Italian by Kiril Petkov. Illustrated, introduction, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. History, Mediterranean Studies.— Google Books