War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720 - Couverture rigide

Storrs, Christopher

 
9780521551465: War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720
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ISBN 10 : 0521551463 ISBN 13 : 9780521551465
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by considering the role of the Duchy of Savoy and the rise of this hitherto weak state into one of the regular members of the anti-French coalitions of the eighteenth century. Through his participation in the Nine Years War (1688–97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy, acquired a reputation for unrivalled 'Machiavellian' diplomacy on the international stage. The book puts this diplomacy in context, and considers how the duke raised men and money (at home and abroad), the administrative changes forced by war, the resulting domestic pressures, and how these were dealt with.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by considering the role of the Duchy of Savoy and the rise of this hitherto weak state into one of the regular members of the anti-French coalitions of the eighteenth century. Through his participation in the Nine Years War (1688–97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy, acquired a reputation for unrivalled 'Machiavellian' diplomacy on the international stage. The book puts this diplomacy in context, and considers how the duke raised men and money (at home and abroad), the administrative changes forced by war, the resulting domestic pressures, and how these were dealt with.

Revue de presse

'... of great interest not only to specialists but also to those interested in absolutism, modernization and the other meta-narratives currently on offer for seventeenth- and eighteenth- century Europe'. The English Historical Review

'... a significant contribution to the much-neglected field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian history ... a welcome addition to the debate on the relationship between early modern state development and war.' War in History

'... the book makes an invaluable contribution to a growing collection of new studies of early modern Italian states.' History

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521551463
ISBN 13 
9780521551465
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
364
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780521038294: War, Diplomacy Rise Savoy 1690-1720

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521038294 ISBN 13 :  9780521038294
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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