Absolute Monarchy on the Frontiers : Louis XIV's military occupations of Lorraine and Savoy.

Absolute Monarchy on the Frontiers : Louis XIV's military occupations of Lorraine and Savoy.

French territorial ambitions and consequent military activity during the reign of Louis XIV ensured that a number of territories bordering on France were subject to military occupation for strategic reasons from the 1660s onwards. Drawing on extensive archival research, this study presents the occup...

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Main Author: McCluskey, Phil
Other Authors: Bergin, Joseph, Roberts, Penny, Naphy, Bill
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Series:Studies in Early Modern European History MUP.
Subjects:
1600-1799
HISTORY / Europe / France.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France > History, Military > 1643-1715.
Lorraine (France) > History > 17th century.
Lorraine (France) > History > 18th century.
Savoy (France and Italy) > History > 17th century.
Savoy (France and Italy) > History > 18th century.
Europe > Savoy
France
France > Lorraine
History
Military history
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Table of Contents:
  • Absolute Monarchy on the frontiers: Louis XIV's military occupations of Lorraine and Savoy; Half Title Page; STUDIES IN EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A note on terms; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The eastern frontiers of France in the age of Louis XIV; 1. Lorraine, Savoy and the frontiers of France; 2. Military occupation in French frontier strategy; Part II: Administration on the frontiers; 3. The structures of occupation; 4. The burdens of occupation; Part III: The local elites under French occupation; 5. The nobilities.
  • 6. The administrative elites7. The church; Conclusions; Appendix Officers of the sovereign companies of Savoy, 1690-1713; Select bibliography; Index.

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