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To: Richnorth who wrote (84614)	4/21/2002 12:19:59 PM
From: c.hinton	Respond to of 116815

Lepanto:"does it however deserve its reputation?Technically and tactically yes.after 1571 sea battles were never the same again ( introduction of cannon and tactics for the use of cannon at sea).Stratigicly,no Lepanto did not, as its victors hoped,mark the end of the pendulums swing....Nor did it mean an end to its (europes )losses."History of Venice,John Julius Norwich 1977 pp483 Remember it is at this time that catholic europe,that is ,spain and italy(controlled by spain) was being challenged in the north by new protestant states(england,holland(amsterdam))and that france was more willing to ally itself with turkey against spain than the other way round.