The Galleasses at Lepanto as a Reflection of the Sixteenth-Century Venetian Strategic Outlook

Authors

  • Andrew Tzavaras High Point University

Keywords:

Venice, Galleass, Ottoman Empire, Battle of Lepanto

Abstract

By the sixteenth century, the Republic of Venice competed economically and militarily with the Ottoman and Spanish-Habsburg Empires. Moreover, diminishing sources of troops and oarsmen presented further strategic obstacles for her navy. Eventually, these considerations manifested in the galleass—a vessel that debuted at the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Opposed to the traditional historiography of this encounter, this paper emphasizes the galleasses’ decisive role in the victory achieved by the Christian Holy League against the Ottomans and places the development and implementation of this vessel within the context of the Venetian strategic outlook.

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Published

2014-05-28

Issue

Vol. 2 (2014): NCSU Graduate Journal of History

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