Abstract
"Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264-1266." By the middle of the thirteenth century the maritime city-states of Italy, especially Venice and Genoa, dominated the Mediterranean Sea. Economic interest, civic pride, and expansionist belligerence soon ignited a series of wars that. lasted for a century and a half. Warfare at sea in the Middle Ages has not attracted as much attention as land warfare. While the appreciation of the art of generalship on land has increased, the tendency to dismiss naval combat as merely "land battles on water" has unfortunately continued. This article examines two campaigns in the First Venetian-Genoese War to evaluate the strategic and leadership qualities displayed by the foremost maritime states of the age. The campaigns chosen for analysis demonstrate a very high level of operational sophistication in their conception, planning, and execution.
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