Author

Publication

2001 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K, England

Language

English

Word Count

149,750 words, Guess

Page Count

599 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number00065161
  • Goodreads3508513
  • LibraryThing1005420

Classifications

  • DDC944/.032
  • LCCDC123 .P37 2001

First Sentence

Accounts of French military practice during the seventeenth century have traditionally taken 19 May 1643 as their point of departure, the date of the battle of Rocroi and the defeat of the tercios of the Spanish army of Flanders by French forces under the command of the young Louis II de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien and future Grand Conde.

Excerpt

Accounts of French military practice during the seventeenth century have traditionally taken 19 May 1643 as their point of departure, the date of the battle of Rocroi and the defeat of the tercios of the Spanish army of Flanders by French forces under the command of the young Louis II de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien and future Grand Conde.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Cambridge studies in early modern history

Other Editions

  • Richelieu's army: war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642Cambridge University Press2001-01-01

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