Italian wars 1492-1518

The Italian wars of the late XV - the first half of the 16th centuries is the largest military conflict since the centenary war, which has erupted between the two powers of late medieval Europe: a centralized France, which was at the zenith of its power, and Spain, which only began the way to the imperial future under the scepter of the two sovereigns - Isabella and Ferdinand. The dispute erupted due to the possession of the Neapolitan kingdom and the Milan duchy. Italy was weak in political terms and, split into many cities-states, became easy prey for its neighbors.
On the battlefields, knights and military leaders showed themselves, whose names thundered throughout Europe: the Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordov, the Great Warrior, and the Frenchman Pierre Bayard, a knight without fear and reproach. It was in these wars that the star of the European chivalry finally rolled up, which gave way to new power - the Spanish infantry, which has brought fear throughout Europe over the next one and a half years.
Italian wars changed not only military art. The rulers who were forced to maintain large armies were supposed to seek new methods of collecting taxes and administration of subject areas. That is why it can be said that the Italian wars became a prologue for the birth of Europe of the New Age