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I changed the article in accordance with the MOS (← This is the specific link! Just click on it and you will go to the section discussing honorific prefixes! -- DelftUser), please discuss first before changing (again). -- DelftUser 19:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Gonzalo de cordoba is really one of the unsung great military geniuses. he is never mention with the likes of Hannibal and Alexander Great
"De Cordoba founded the first modern standing army and the near invincible Spanish infantry that dominated battlefields of Europe during 16th and first decades of 17th centuries."
Where does that come from? The French entered the Italian Wars with a standing army as well. Thats a question of definition. Also anyone who reads about the Italian Wars should come to realize that the battles were not won due to the superiority of a particular type of unit but by correct employment and coordination. Therefore that sentence should either be removed or corrected please. -- Longbow 19:38, 7 April 2007
Well, the point is that he started a revolution wich changed the way war was done. If you read it well it's the first modern standing army, not the first standing army. As you marked, it was organized in a different way than other armies and that's why it was so effective and also why it's considered as the first modern army. The result was that the mounted troops lost the relevance they had earned the centuries before, as they were supposed to be the strongest unit an army could have.
Royendershade (
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Just as an example, the section on the Italian Wars starts off with him returning to Italy in 1501, mentions his developments (without naming when they took place), says the French were routed from Italy by 1498, and finishes by talking about a naval action in 1500. My head hurts with all the inconsistencies and contradictions, and unfortunately, I've no knowledge of the subject. Someone please help? I've only flagged it for citations because I didn't know what other flag(s) to use.
75.199.233.167 ( talk) 22:21, 20 October 2010 (UTC)History student
Another example: The following paragraph is not referenced. "He was first attached to the household of Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, the half-brother of King Henry IV of Castile. After Alfonso's death in 1468 Córdoba devoted himself to Alfonso's sister, Isabella of Castile."
Alfonsec (
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12:09, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Can someone clear this up? It was in the first paragraph , Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, Andria, Montalto and Sess Robert ( talk) 13:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Funny thing, he has a statue in Cordova. It is made of metal, except the head, which is made of white marble. Why dat? https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-monument-to-the-great-captain-is-a-work-dedicated-to-gonzalo-fernandez-104317730.html 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:2509:F1AB:E0C7:5595 ( talk) 10:59, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Ancient Historian Enthusiast, I have sources stating Gonzalez was in command. Continue edit warring at your own risk. -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 23:55, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
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I changed the article in accordance with the MOS (← This is the specific link! Just click on it and you will go to the section discussing honorific prefixes! -- DelftUser), please discuss first before changing (again). -- DelftUser 19:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Gonzalo de cordoba is really one of the unsung great military geniuses. he is never mention with the likes of Hannibal and Alexander Great
"De Cordoba founded the first modern standing army and the near invincible Spanish infantry that dominated battlefields of Europe during 16th and first decades of 17th centuries."
Where does that come from? The French entered the Italian Wars with a standing army as well. Thats a question of definition. Also anyone who reads about the Italian Wars should come to realize that the battles were not won due to the superiority of a particular type of unit but by correct employment and coordination. Therefore that sentence should either be removed or corrected please. -- Longbow 19:38, 7 April 2007
Well, the point is that he started a revolution wich changed the way war was done. If you read it well it's the first modern standing army, not the first standing army. As you marked, it was organized in a different way than other armies and that's why it was so effective and also why it's considered as the first modern army. The result was that the mounted troops lost the relevance they had earned the centuries before, as they were supposed to be the strongest unit an army could have.
Royendershade (
talk)
17:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Just as an example, the section on the Italian Wars starts off with him returning to Italy in 1501, mentions his developments (without naming when they took place), says the French were routed from Italy by 1498, and finishes by talking about a naval action in 1500. My head hurts with all the inconsistencies and contradictions, and unfortunately, I've no knowledge of the subject. Someone please help? I've only flagged it for citations because I didn't know what other flag(s) to use.
75.199.233.167 ( talk) 22:21, 20 October 2010 (UTC)History student
Another example: The following paragraph is not referenced. "He was first attached to the household of Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, the half-brother of King Henry IV of Castile. After Alfonso's death in 1468 Córdoba devoted himself to Alfonso's sister, Isabella of Castile."
Alfonsec (
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12:09, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Can someone clear this up? It was in the first paragraph , Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, Andria, Montalto and Sess Robert ( talk) 13:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Funny thing, he has a statue in Cordova. It is made of metal, except the head, which is made of white marble. Why dat? https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-monument-to-the-great-captain-is-a-work-dedicated-to-gonzalo-fernandez-104317730.html 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:2509:F1AB:E0C7:5595 ( talk) 10:59, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Ancient Historian Enthusiast, I have sources stating Gonzalez was in command. Continue edit warring at your own risk. -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 23:55, 19 March 2023 (UTC)