Fornovo 1495-福尔诺沃1495

作者：David Nicolle
 
书名：Fornovo 1495: France's bloody fighting retreat 《福尔诺沃1495：法国的血战撤退》
 
英文简介：In the year 1495, Charles VIII was the youthful King of France, the most powerful state in medieval Europe. A dreamer who saw himself as the saviour of Christian Europe, he believed he could roll back the ever-spreading tide of Ottoman Turkish conquest. As a base for his crusade he was determined to seize southern Italy. In a lightning campaign he used France's modern army to sweep through Italy, his mobile field artillery train smashing into dust the tall towers of Italy's medieval castles. The Italian states rallied and at Fornovo their alliance, the League of Venice, fought Charles' army to a standstill.

中文背景：1495年7月，进入意大利半岛的法国国王查理八世，在福尔诺沃地区（帕尔马东南）遭受到由英国、神圣罗马帝国、米兰公国、威尼斯共和国、教皇国组成的神圣联盟的军队的追击，联军主体为来自威尼斯和米兰的雇佣军。7月6日，由于缺乏食物，法军在该地发起进攻，但经过激烈战斗未能击溃联军，以1000多人的损失为代价，最后于当天夜晚撤离战场。联军方同样遭受严重损失，死亡人数达到2000多人。