{"product_id":"giant-of-the-grand-siecle-the-french-army-1610-1715-hardback-9780521572736","title":"Giant of the Grand Siècle; The French Army, 1610–1715 (Hardback) 9780521572736","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGiant of the Grand Siècle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe French Army, 1610–1715\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed revisionist analysis of the seventeenth-century French army.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn A. Lynn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521572736, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 June 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e672 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16.2 x 4.1 cm, 1.075 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'John Lynn has undoubtedly made a substantial contribution to the growing literature which has revised the history of seventeenth-century France.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn 'invisible giant', the seventeenth-century French army was the largest and hungriest institution of the Bourbon monarchy. Combining social and cultural emphases with more traditional institutional and operational concerns, this book examines the army in depth, studying recruitment, composition, discipline, motivation, selection of officers, leadership, administration, logistics, weaponry, tactics, field warfare and siegecraft. The portrait that emerges differs from what current scholarship might have predicted. Instead of claiming that a 'military revolution' transformed warfare, Lynn stresses evolutionary change. This work also offers surprising insights into absolutism and the relationship between the monarchy and aristocracy. Questioning widely held assumptions about state formation and coercion, Lynn argues that this standing army was primarily devoted to border defence and only rarely to internal repression.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Context and Parameters: 1. Contexts of military change in the Grand Siècle\u003cbr\u003e 2. Army growth\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Administration and Supply: 3. The military administration\u003cbr\u003e 4. Food and fodder\u003cbr\u003e 5. Providing other essentials\u003cbr\u003e 6. The tax of violence and contributions\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Command: 7. The costs of regimental command\u003cbr\u003e 8. The culture of command\u003cbr\u003e 9. The high command\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Rank and File: 10. Army composition\u003cbr\u003e 11. Recruitment\u003cbr\u003e 12. Discipline and desertion\u003cbr\u003e 13. Elements of morale and motivation: dependence and loyalty\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Practice of War: 14. Weaponry and tactics\u003cbr\u003e 15. Learning and practising the art of field warfare\u003cbr\u003e 16. Positional warfare\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: insights on state formation\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909217050904,"sku":"9780521572736","price":103.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521572736_6b2f829f-ad30-470b-8b7a-3044fe05be8b.gif?v=1691369918","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/giant-of-the-grand-siecle-the-french-army-1610-1715-hardback-9780521572736","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}