![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On a more conceptual level, Lynn offers carefully nuanced revisions of many standard views concerning the military origins of absolutism, the nature of the military revolution, and the alleged modernity of Louis XIV’s army. On one level, the book reads like an encyclopedia of military lore, with admirably clear sections on administration, supply, ranks, officer corps, recruitment, morale and mentality, militias, discipline, weapons, battle formations, artillery, drill, logistics, tactics, strategy in the field, siege warfare, fortress construction, and much more. Lynn aims not only to examine every aspect of this “giant” from Henry IV through Louis XIV, but also to explore in great detail the mutual interaction of army and state. This book is a comprehensive study of the French army during the seventeenth century and its place in the history of state-building. ![]()
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