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Title: The King's Army : Warfare, Soldiers and Society during the Wars of Religion in France, 1562-76 by James B. Wood, John Elliott, Olwen Hufton, H. G. Koenigsberger, H. M. Scott ISBN: 0-521-52513-6 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 18 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A long-needed, meticulously researched, essential work
Comment: Wood has put the "war" back into the Wars of Religion. This volume contains a magnificent analysis of the French royal army and its operations. The nature of the military conflict, particularly in the early wars of religion, had serious consequences for the crown, the state, and French society as a whole. His thesis is that the crown failed to deliver a knock-out blow to the Huguenot rebellion in the early wars due to an incomplete "military revolution" (the problems of logistics, supply, personnel, financing, social organization, etc. that all needed to be solved by early modern states in order to field effective standing armies). This led to a state of endemic civil war that lasted for over a generation. This book is an essential contribution to the fields of military history, warfare and society, the Wars of Religion, and early modern France. Now, we need someone to write the equivalent analysis of the other side...
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