Christopher Storrs

War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690 1720

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. This is the first detailed study in English for this period of the state which would eventually unite Italy in the middle of the nineteenth century.

Table of contents:
Introduction; 1. The Savoyard army, 1690-1713/20; 2. Savoyard finance, 1620-1720; 3. Savoyard diplomacy, 1690-1720; 4. Government and politics in the Savoyard state, c. 1690-1720; 5. The Savoyard nobility, c. 1690-1720; 6. Regions and communities in the Savoyard state, 1690-1720; Conclusion.

This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by examining the participation of Savoy in the Nine Years War (1688-97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) under Duke Victor Amadeus II.

An account of the transformation of the state of Savoy under Duke Victor Amadeus II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 743g
• ISBN-13: 9780521551465
• ISBN-10: 0521551463
• Artikelnr.: 22301604

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Map: the Savoyard state, 1690
1720; Introduction; 1. The Savoyard army, 1690
1720; 2. Savoyard finance, 1690
1720; 3. Savoyard diplomacy, 1690
1720; 4. Government and politics in the Savoyard state, 1690
1720; 5. The Savoyard nobility, 1690
1720; 6. Regions and communities in the Savoyard state, 1690
1720; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.