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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 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.