Author: Sir George Norman ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade, 1688-1697
Author: Sir George Norman ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade, 1688-1697. Reissued
Author: George ClarkThe Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade
Author: Geoffrey de N. ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade 1688/97
Author: G. n ClarkThe Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade 1622-1697
Author: George Norman ClarkThe Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade, 1688-1697
Author: Sir George Norman ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Crisis of French Sea Power, 1688–1697
Author: Geoffrey SymcoxPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401020728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The French navy that fought in the Nine Years War was essentially Colbert's creation. Earlier in the century Richelieu had given France the beginnings of a navy: ships, ports, a corps of officers and an administra tive structure. But most of his work was undone by neglect in the years after his death, and the task of making France a maritime power had to begin again under Louis XIV. Colbert's efforts to build a navy were distinguished by the same stubborn energy that he brought to all his other tasks. Behind his desire for naval might lay his vision of France as the first commercial power in Europe, for he saw clearly that mercantile preponderance could never be achieved without the backing of a strong fleet of warships. Trade would follow the flag, as he believed it had for his envied models and perpetual rivals, the Dutch. Soon after Louis XIV's assumption of power, Colbert set about the enOImOUS labour of resurrecting the navy founded by Richelieu; he soon found that the task was really one of creation, virtually ex nihilo. Ships or built, sailors recruited, captains enticed home from were purchased service under foreign flags, bases planned and constructed, an adminis trative system established.
Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688–97
Author: Gabriele EspositoPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147284436X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare. Formed in 1689, the 'Grand Alliance' or League of Augsburg was a military coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Britain, Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, to resist Louis XIV's rich, powerful and expansionist France. The first stage of the nine year conflict that followed also coincided with the so-called 'Glorious Revolution' in Britain (1688–91), when the throne passed to the Dutch Protestant leader, William of Orange, the head of a multi-national Dutch, Danish and English army, which finally expelled James II's Jacobite and French forces from Ireland. The long war on the continent was notable for the first widespread use of regimental uniforms and flintlock muskets with bayonets, plus the sophisticated use of siege warfare under the great French engineer, Vauban. The final Treaties of Ryswyck (1697) brought the war to an end and marked Louis XIV's political zenith, and also the ascendancy of both the Dutch and British as first-rate global powers. This fully illustrated title explores the armies which fought the War of the Grand Alliance, examining their strength, organization, uniforms and weapons, and explaining their campaigns and major battles.
Modern Capitalism
Author: Henri SéePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Rise of Commercial Empires
Author: David OrmrodPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521819268
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A work of major importance for the economic history of both Europe and North America.