The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms_ The Struggle for Dominion, 1200-1500

THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN KINGDOMS 1200-1500

On Spain in this period there is a vast literature. Starting

points include:

J.H. Elliott, Imperial Spain 1469-1716 (London, 1963).
H. Kamen, Spain 1469-1714. A society of conflict, 2nd edn
(London, 1991).
David Abulafia, Spain and 1492. Unity and uniformity under
Ferdinand and Isabella (Headstart History Papers, Bangor,
1992), offering a guide also to literature on the Jews and
Muslims in Spain.
P. Liss, Isabel the Queen (New York/Oxford, 1992).
M. Meyerson, Muslims of Valencia in the age of Fernando and
Isabel (Berkeley /Los Angeles, 1991).

The French invasion of Italy

David Abulafia, ed., The French descent into Renaissance Italy.

Antecedents and effects (Aldershot, 1995); several individual

items from this collection are cited below.

F. Catalano, Ludovico il Mora (Milan, 1985).

Y Labande-Maillfert, Charles VIII Lajeunesse au pouvoir ( 14 70-

1495) (Paris, 1975).

Y Labande-Maillfert, Charles VIII Le vouloir et la destine (Paris,

1986).

I. Cloulas, Charles VIII et le mirage italien (Paris, 1986).

A. Denis, Charles VIII et les italiens. Histoire et my the (Geneva,

1979).

M. Jacoviello, Venezia e Napoli nel Quattrocento (Naples, 1992).

C. Kidwell, 'Venice, the French invasion and the Apulian

ports', in Abulafia, The French descent, pp. 295-308.

C.H. Clough, 'The Romagna campaign of 1494: a significant

military encounter', in Abulafia, The French descent, pp. 191-

215.

F.L. Taylor, The art of war in Italy 1494-1529 (Cambridge,

1921, repr. London, 1993).

S. Pepper, 'Castles and cannon in the Naples campaign of

1494-5', in Abulafia, The French descent, pp. 263-93.

M. Mallett, 'Personalities and pressures: Italian involvement

in the French invasion of 1494', in Abulafia, The French des-

cent, pp. 151-63.

C. Shaw, 'The Roman barons and the French descent into

Italy', in Abulafia, The French descent, pp. 249-61.