
Battle of Lepanto
Title:
Battle of Lepanto
Author:
Series (if any):
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
560 pages, 2 halftones, 1 map
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13:
9780674725423
EAN:
9780674725423
Publication Date:
28/04/2014
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
792
Dimensions (mm):
142 x 203 x 30
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. The Battle of Lepanto anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets who composed Latin poetry in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity.




















