During the Sixteenth century and the first half of the following one, Sicily played a key role in the strategy of defense of the Spanish Empire from the looming Turkish threat, being an island considered as a baluarte against the Turks. Yet despite this absolute centrality in the military policy of the Spanish monarchy, till now historical research has preferred to provide broader spectrum interpretations at the expense of in-depth studies on individual technicians or overall pictures about the figure of the military engineer. We will present a synoptic view attesting the time period of activity covered by each military technician working for the kingdom of Sicily, within a wider study concerning the origin of this professional figure, the diversification of technicians working on fortifications, the progressive changes in the organizational chart and the enrichment of competences for military engineers much beyond " l’arte del fortificare".
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机译:在16世纪和下一个世纪的上半叶,西西里岛在防御西班牙帝国免受迫在眉睫的土耳其威胁的战略中发挥了关键作用,该岛是被视为对抗土耳其人的栏杆之岛。尽管在西班牙君主制的军事政策中具有绝对中心地位,但迄今为止,历史研究更倾向于提供更广泛的频谱解释,而以对单个技术人员的深入研究或有关军事工程师的整体照片为代价。我们将提出一个概要性的观点,以证明在西西里王国工作的每位军事技术员所从事的活动的时间段,在有关该专业人士的来历,从事防御工事的技术员的多元化,组织的不断变化的广泛研究中,图表和丰富的军事工程师能力,远远超出了“ l'arte del fortificare”。
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