Richelieu''s Army - War, Government and Society in France, 1624-1642

Klappentext A definitive reinterpretation of the role and influence of the French army during Richelieu's ministry. Zusammenfassung It is assumed widely that 'war made the state' in seventeenth-century France. Yet this study challenges the traditional interpretations of the role of the army as an instrument of the emerging absolutist state! and shows how the expansion of the French war effort contributed to weakening Richelieu's hold upon France. Runner up in the History Today Awards 2002. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: war, government and society in France, 1624-1642; Part I. The Military Context: 1. The French art of war during Richelieu's ministry; 2. France at war, 1624-1642; 3. The size of the French army; Part II. The Administrative Context: 4. Paying for war; 5. Recruiting and maintaining armies during the Thirty Years War: military enterprise; 6. The French rejection of entrepreneurship; 7. The civil administration of the army: the structures; Part III. Responses and Reactions: 8. The management of the war effort, 1635-1642: commissaires de guerres and intendants; 9. The ministry and the high command; 10. The army and the civilian population; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: David Parrott, David (University of Oxford) Parrott
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor), Olwen Hufton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521025485
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02548-5
• No. of pages: 628
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories