War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690â1720 (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture)
Cambridge University Press, 1/13/2000
EAN 9780521551465, ISBN10: 0521551463
Hardcover, 364 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Language: English
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.
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Map
the Savoyard state, 1690–1720
Introduction
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
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index.