Richelieu's army [[electronic resource] ] : war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642 / / David Parrot |
Autore | Parrott David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y., : Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (628 p.) |
Disciplina | 944/.032 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in early modern history |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-511-04697-9
0-511-15407-0 0-511-01818-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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"" ""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""; ""CROWN REVENUES AND THE COSTS OF THE WAR-EFFORT""; ""THE INADEQUACY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES""; ""The burden of deficit finance""; ""SHORTAGE OF SPECIE AND PROBLEMS OF CONVERSION""; ""Corruption""; ""Corruption within the administration of the armies""; ""The predators"" ""THE IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL INADEQUACY FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO THE ARMIES""""The use of assigned revenues""; ""The surintendants' order of priorities and military contributions""; ""The introduction of new taxes""; ""5 Recruiting and maintaining armies during the Thirty Years War: military enterprise""; ""THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SYSTEM""; ""The military enterpriser in the Thirty Years War""; ""The 'contributions-system'""; ""The entrepreneurial 'way of warfare'""; ""FRENCH RESPONSES TO MILITARY ENTERPRISE""; ""Political fears""; ""The French monarchy and foreign mercenaries"" ""Saxe-Weimar and 'general contractors' in French service"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455604203321 |
Parrott David | ||
Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y., : Cambridge University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Richelieu's army : war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642 / / David Parrot |
Autore | Parrott David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 599 pages) : maps |
Disciplina | 944/.032 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in early modern history |
ISBN |
0-511-04697-9
0-511-15407-0 0-511-01818-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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"" ""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""; ""CROWN REVENUES AND THE COSTS OF THE WAR-EFFORT""; ""THE INADEQUACY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES""; ""The burden of deficit finance""; ""SHORTAGE OF SPECIE AND PROBLEMS OF CONVERSION""; ""Corruption""; ""Corruption within the administration of the armies""; ""The predators"" ""THE IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL INADEQUACY FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO THE ARMIES"" ""The use of assigned revenues""; ""The surintendants' order of priorities and military contributions""; ""The introduction of new taxes""; ""5 Recruiting and maintaining armies during the Thirty Years War: military enterprise""; ""THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SYSTEM""; ""The military enterpriser in the Thirty Years War""; ""The 'contributions-system'""; ""The entrepreneurial 'way of warfare'""; ""FRENCH RESPONSES TO MILITARY ENTERPRISE""; ""Political fears""; ""The French monarchy and foreign mercenaries""; ""Saxe-Weimar and 'general contractors' in French service"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780245103321 |
Parrott David | ||
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Richelieu's army : war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642 / / David Parrot |
Autore | Parrott David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y., : Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 599 pages) : maps |
Disciplina | 944/.032 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in early modern history |
ISBN |
0-511-04697-9
0-511-15407-0 0-511-01818-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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"" ""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""; ""CROWN REVENUES AND THE COSTS OF THE WAR-EFFORT""; ""THE INADEQUACY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES""; ""The burden of deficit finance""; ""SHORTAGE OF SPECIE AND PROBLEMS OF CONVERSION""; ""Corruption""; ""Corruption within the administration of the armies""; ""The predators"" ""THE IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL INADEQUACY FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO THE ARMIES"" ""The use of assigned revenues""; ""The surintendants' order of priorities and military contributions""; ""The introduction of new taxes""; ""5 Recruiting and maintaining armies during the Thirty Years War: military enterprise""; ""THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SYSTEM""; ""The military enterpriser in the Thirty Years War""; ""The 'contributions-system'""; ""The entrepreneurial 'way of warfare'""; ""FRENCH RESPONSES TO MILITARY ENTERPRISE""; ""Political fears""; ""The French monarchy and foreign mercenaries""; ""Saxe-Weimar and 'general contractors' in French service"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809442503321 |
Parrott David | ||
Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y., : Cambridge University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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