Giant of the Grand Siècle: The French Army, 1610-1715

by John A. Lynn II and John A. Lynn

Book Overview

An invisible giant, the seventeeth-century French army was the largest and hungriest institution of the Bourbon monarchy; yet it has received incomplete treatment and is poorly understood. Combining social and cultural emphases with more traditional institutional and operational concerns, this book examines the army in depth, studying recruitment, composition, discipline, motivation, selection of officers, leadership, administration, logistics, weaponry,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032482
• ISBN13: 9780521032483
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"