A new and updated vision of the War of Spanish Succession largely won by the Sun King's armies. Chapters on finances, artillery, engineers, invalids and medical
Volume 1 of the Sun King's wars and armies goes from his early and turbulent years, from the resounding victory over Spain at Rocroi in 1643, the unstable years
Permanent armies became an organic feature of the Old Regime, a symbol of its power and strength, the means by which the prince could defend his interest and pl
This richly illustrated volume, the first devoted to maritime art and galley slavery in early modern France, shows how royal propagandists used the image and la