Format:
Online Ressource (xxiv, 599 p.)
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maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0511018185
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9780511018183
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0511154070
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9780511154072
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9780521792097
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0521792096
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in early modern history
Content:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION War, government and society in France, 1624"1642; PART I The military context; PART II The administrative context; PART III Responses and reactions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-578) and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
0511154070
Additional Edition:
0521792096
Additional Edition:
0511018185
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Parrott, David Richelieu's army Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, N.Y : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Language:
English
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