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Naples Spain Military Gave Power Fp F+I Success

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✓ Worked along the papacy and HRE in the holy league - gained status with these allies pushing France out of Naples

✓ Gave Ferdinand an excuse to take Naples which gave Spain a strategic foothold in the Mediterranean in terms of defence and trade

✓ Made Spain the most important military power in Italy

✓ use of new military techniques pioneered by the Spanish in Naples including the tercio infantry formation + arquebuses

John Edwards - believed the conquest of Naples was what led to Spain being "recognised as a major military power in Europe"

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