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Richelieu's army : war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642 /
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 R...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in early modern history.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 599 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-578) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511018185 9780511018183 0511154070 9780511154072 9780521792097 0521792096 9780511046971 0511046979 |