Format:
1 online resource (628 pages)
ISBN:
9780511154072
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
Content:
A definitive reinterpretation of the role and influence of the French army during Richelieu's ministry.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- COMPANY AND REGIMENTAL OFFICERS -- WEAPONRY, EQUIPMENT AND PROVISIONING -- ARMY ORGANIZATION -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION War, government and society in France, 1624-1642 -- PART I The military context -- 1 The French art of war during Richelieu's ministry -- THE FRENCH `ART OF WARFARE' IN THEORY -- A rhetoric of military reform -- The Huguenot adoption of the Orangist military rhetoric and its alternatives -- The significance of tactical theory -- THE FRENCH `ART OF WARFARE' IN PRACTICE -- Training and drill in the French armies -- The role of veteran and foreign troops in military effectiveness -- Optimum unit size and the decline of effective troop numbers -- A WAR OF SIEGES -- The shortage of cavalry -- The French armies and their artillery -- Success and failure on the battlefield -- War-winning strategies -- CONCLUSION -- 2 France at war, 1624-1642 -- AIMS AND METHODS, 1624-1634 -- FRANCE AND THE EUROPEAN CRISIS, 1618-1626 -- LA ROCHELLE AND RENEWED WAR IN NORTH ITALY, 1627-1631 -- War against the Huguenots -- The Mantuan succession -- FRENCH POLICY FROM CHERASCO TO NORDLINGEN, 1631-1634 -- THE FRENCH WAR-EFFORT,1635-1642 -- CONCLUSION -- 3 The size of the French army -- METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN CALCULATING ARMY SIZE -- Reliance upon regimental listings -- Using global calculations of army size -- the controles génèraux in context -- The fundamental problem of calculating army size -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH ARMY -- Calculating the size of the army from revues and their extraits -- The approximate size of the French army before 1635 -- The French army from 1635 to 1642 -- CONCLUSION -- PART II The administrative context -- 4 Paying for war.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521792097
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521792097
Additional Edition:
Print version Richelieu's army
Language:
English
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