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War, diplomacy and the rise of Savoy, 1690-1720 / Christopher Storrs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Storrs, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture.
- Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732.
- Victor Amadeus.
- Savoy (France and Italy)--History.
- Savoy (France and Italy).
- Sardinia (Italy)--History--Aragonese and Spanish rule, 1297-1708.
- Sardinia (Italy).
- Sardinia (Italy)--History--1708-1861.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- War, Diplomacy & the Rise of Savoy, 1690-1720
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Map: The Savoyard state, 1690-1720
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11276-1
- 0-521-03829-4
- 0-511-49695-8
- 0-511-05324-X
- 0-511-11627-6
- 1-280-15192-7
- 0-511-15062-8
- 0-511-30307-6
- OCLC:
- 179134015
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