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Giant of the Grand Siècle The French Army, 16101715 Paperback - 2006

by JOHN A. LYNN


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An "invisible giant," the seventeeth-century French army was the largest and hungriest institution of the Bourbon monarchy; yet it has received incomplete treatment and is poorly understood. Combining social and cultural emphases with more traditional institutional and operational concerns, this book examines the army in depth, studying recruitment, composition, discipline, motivation, selection of officers, leadership, administration, logistics, weaponry, tactics, field warfare, and siegecraft. The portrait that emerges differs from what current scholarship might have predicted. Instead of claiming that a "military revolution" transformed warfare, Lynn stresses evolutionary change. Questioning widely-held assumptions about state formation and coercion, he argues that this standing army was primarily devoted to border defense, and only rarely to internal repression.

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THE classical facade of Versailles faces the gardens decorated with statues and fountains, traversed by gravel paths.

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  • Title Giant of the Grand Siècle The French Army, 16101715
  • Author JOHN A. LYNN
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 672
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date December 18, 2006
  • ISBN 9780521032483
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
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