Cardinal Alberoni's Scheme For Reducing The Turkish Empire To The Obedience Of Christian Princes - Softcover

Giulio Alberoni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461488949 ISBN 13: 9780461488944

Publisher: HardPress, 2020

Synopsis

Cardinal Alberoni's Scheme For Reducing The Turkish Empire To The Obedience Of Christian Princes: And For A Partition Of The Conquests: Together With A Scheme Of A Perpetual Dyet For Establishing The Publick Tranquility by Giulio Alberoni presents a translated 18th-century political treatise proposing a grand Christian alliance to subdue the Ottoman Empire and partition its territories. The work argues that divine will and a desire for peace compel Christian powers to unite, and it calls for a congress at Rastatt (Ratisbon) to determine the division of conquests, quotas for land and naval forces, and a perpetual council to adjudicate disputes. It details military and naval provisions for various crowns (France, Spain, Sardinia, Venice, Genoa, and others), a sequence of operations toward Constantinople and the Dardanelles, and a plan for securing lasting tranquility through a perpetual diet. The text also defends the morality of the project, addresses potential objections, and outlines a mechanism for maintaining order after conquest. It reveals early modern geopolitics where religious motive intertwines with imperial strategy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461488949
• ISBN 13: 9780461488944
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 71