This book presents a new interpretation of the development of the French army during the "personal rule" of Louis XIV. Based on massive archival research, it examines the army not only as a military institution but also as a political, social and economic organism. Guy Rowlands asserts that the key to the development of Louis XIV's armed forces was the king's determination to acknowledge and satisfy the military, political, social and cultural aspirations of his officers, and maintain the solid standing of the Bourbon dynasty.
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"Rowlands's book is monumental in scope, superbly researched and written, and highly original, overturning many accepted interpretations. It is an impressive tour de force."
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Valuable.... Based on solid archival research..."
- The Journal of Military History
"In this generally excellent and important study, Guy Rowlands displays a mastery of military administration, monachical practice, and elite society that raises the bar for discussing the state and the army of Louis XIV."
- Journal of Modern History
"...represents an important contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-centruy France... Rowlands' study of the nuts and bolts of army administration sheds considerable light not only on the history of war, but also on the history of the nobility, of finance, and of the state."
- Sixteenth Century Journal, Paul Cohen, Université de Paris-VIII (Vincennes-Saint Denis)
"Guy Rowlands has given us an important book, indespensable reading for everyone in the field."
- Canadian Journal of History, John J. Hurt, University of Delaware
"...ambitious and provacative..."
- Seventeenth-Century News
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Valuable.... Based on solid archival research..."
- The Journal of Military History
"In this generally excellent and important study, Guy Rowlands displays a mastery of military administration, monachical practice, and elite society that raises the bar for discussing the state and the army of Louis XIV."
- Journal of Modern History
"...represents an important contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-centruy France... Rowlands' study of the nuts and bolts of army administration sheds considerable light not only on the history of war, but also on the history of the nobility, of finance, and of the state."
- Sixteenth Century Journal, Paul Cohen, Université de Paris-VIII (Vincennes-Saint Denis)
"Guy Rowlands has given us an important book, indespensable reading for everyone in the field."
- Canadian Journal of History, John J. Hurt, University of Delaware
"...ambitious and provacative..."
- Seventeenth-Century News
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This book presents a new interpretation of the development of the French army during the 'personal rule' of Louis XIV. Based on massive archival research, it examines the army not just as a military institution but also as a living political, social and economic organism. The author argues that the key to the development of Louis XIV's armed forces was the king's determination to acknowledge and satisfy the military, political, social and cultural aspirations of his officers, while upholding the position of the Bourbon dynasty.
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The origins of ministerial government in the western world lay in the transformation of royal private secretaries from the personal aides of a prince into major political players in their own right running fully fledged, if small, departments of state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
petit capitaine, commissaire des guerres, army intendants, grand prieur, commissaires des guerres, premier commis, provincial intendants, des logis, ooo livres, military treasury, higher aristocracy, venal offices, high aristocracy, army administration, dynastic state, dynastic interests, regimental officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Extraordinaire des Guerres, Secretary of War, Dutch War, Michel Le Tellier, Bib Ars, Bib Maz, Mme de Maintenon, War of Devolution, Carlo Emanuele, Victor Amadeus, Ministry of War, John Lynn, Thirty Years War, Mme de Grignan, Foreign Secretary, French Flanders, Low Countries, Paris Parlement, Parties Casuelles, Claude Le Peletier, Controller-General of Finances, War Fed, Mousquetaires du Roi, Order of Saint-Louis, Spanish Netherlands New!
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The origins of ministerial government in the western world lay in the transformation of royal private secretaries from the personal aides of a prince into major political players in their own right running fully fledged, if small, departments of state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
petit capitaine, commissaire des guerres, army intendants, grand prieur, commissaires des guerres, premier commis, provincial intendants, des logis, ooo livres, military treasury, higher aristocracy, venal offices, high aristocracy, army administration, dynastic state, dynastic interests, regimental officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Extraordinaire des Guerres, Secretary of War, Dutch War, Michel Le Tellier, Bib Ars, Bib Maz, Mme de Maintenon, War of Devolution, Carlo Emanuele, Victor Amadeus, Ministry of War, John Lynn, Thirty Years War, Mme de Grignan, Foreign Secretary, French Flanders, Low Countries, Paris Parlement, Parties Casuelles, Claude Le Peletier, Controller-General of Finances, War Fed, Mousquetaires du Roi, Order of Saint-Louis, Spanish Netherlands New!
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- Economic Systems and State Finance (Origins of the Modern State in Europe) by Richard Bonney on page 109, and Back Matter
- Richelieu and His Age by Joseph Bergin on page 33, and Back Matter
- Fiscal Limits of Absolutism: Direct Taxation in Early Seventeenth-Century France by James B. Collins on page 109, and Back Matter
- Europe and the Decline of Spain (Early modern Europe today) by R. A. Stradling on page 153, and Back Matter
- The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 13: Companion Volume by Peter Burke on page 29, and Back Matter
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