Project Gutenberg 2025-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 267 Guglielmotti, Alberto P. 1812 1893 it01000033 Marcantonio Colonna alla battaglia di Lepanto $aFirenze :$bLe Monnier, $c1862. Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive) "Marcantonio Colonna alla battaglia di Lepanto" by Alberto P. Guglielmotti is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. It traces the formation of the Holy League, the war for Cyprus, and the climactic naval battle, centering on Marcantonio Colonna’s command and using Vatican and Colonna family archives. The work highlights the tense diplomacy among the Papacy, Venice, and Spain and the naval contest with the Ottoman Empire. The opening of the book sets the stakes by portraying the Ottoman Empire’s youthful strength and arguing that Lepanto marked the beginning of its decline. It then shows Pope Pius V seizing the Cyprus crisis to forge a Christian league, appointing Colonna as captain general, and detailing his character, ceremony under the papal banner, and rapid preparations: arming galleys, commissioning captains, recruiting infantry, and gathering noble volunteers. Diplomatic letters from Spain, Venice, and Malta proclaim unity, yet the narrative unveils conflicting state interests—especially Spain’s cautious, ambiguous posture—and Gianandrea Doria’s delays and discourtesies, which Colonna patiently manages to overcome. Parallel chapters recount Mustafa’s invasion of Cyprus, the weakened defenses of Nicosia after Astorre Baglioni moves to Famagosta, Colonel Palazzo’s stout but undermined defense, a squandered sortie, and mounting Turkish assaults. The section culminates with the papal and Spanish squadrons reaching Crete to join Girolamo Zane; Zane and Colonna urge an immediate move to Cyprus to strike the Ottoman fleet, while Doria resists, prompting Colonna to convene a council of the allied commanders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220925111515guglielmot 1862 IT Reading ease score: 48.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571 Colonna, Marco Antonio, 1535-1584 DR Text Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Religious Category: History - Warfare 1160435 2025-07-30T07:47:29.660712 text/html 1090943 2025-06-22T12:58:25 text/html 632671 2025-07-30T07:47:49.666640 application/epub+zip 650227 2025-07-30T07:47:33.549700 application/epub+zip 511981 2025-07-30T07:47:31.526705 application/epub+zip 1178532 2025-07-30T07:47:59.005593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1174114 2025-07-30T07:47:47.805607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 881537 2025-07-30T07:47:26.316729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 861581 2025-06-22T12:58:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13991 2025-07-30T07:47:59.176553 application/rdf+xml 14193 2025-07-30T07:47:31.997738 image/jpeg 2547 2025-07-30T07:47:31.757682 image/jpeg 1180303 2025-07-30T07:47:29.751688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia