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

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History Series)

by David Parrott

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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 on France and heightened levels of political and social tension. This is the first detailed account of the French army during this formative period...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521792096

ISBN13:9780521792097

Release Date:September 2001

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:628 Pages

Weight:2.52 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

17th Century Europe France History Ireland Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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

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