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Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV

Guy Rowlands
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      The 'personal rule' of Louis XIV witnessed a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its officers, its men and the War Ministry. However, this is the first book to treat the French army under Louis XIV as a living political, social and economic organism, an institution which reflected the dynastic interests and personal concerns of the king and his privileged subjects. The book explains the development of the army between the end of Cardinal Mazarin's ministry and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, emphasising the awareness of Louis XIV and his ministers of the need to pay careful attention to the condition of the king's officers, and to take account of their military, political, social and cultural aspirations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Guy Rowlands EAN: 9780521641241 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 824 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-08-29 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Military institutions, European history

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      Guy Rowlands was lecturer in early modern history at Exeter College, Oxford, 1995-98, and is now Pybus lecturer in European history at Newnham College, Cambridge. This is his first book.
      The 'personal rule' of Louis XIV witnessed a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its officers, its men and the War Ministry. However, this is the first book to treat the French army under Louis XIV as a living political, social and economic organism, an institution which reflected the dynastic interests and personal concerns of the king and his privileged subjects. The book explains the development of the army between the end of Cardinal Mazarin's ministry and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, emphasising the awareness of Louis XIV and his ministers of the need to pay careful attention to the condition of the king's officers, and to take account of their military, political, social and cultural aspirations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Guy Rowlands EAN: 9780521641241 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 824 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-08-29 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Military institutions, European history

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      Guy Rowlands was lecturer in early modern history at Exeter College, Oxford, 1995-98, and is now Pybus lecturer in European history at Newnham College, Cambridge. This is his first book.

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