Louis XIV and the Dutch War

Sonnino, Paul

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“…90 This was the reason Leopold I gave Ottone his first short-term diplomatic mission in Madrid: to forge a European alliance with Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, or Sweden and to secure Madrid's payment of the outstanding dowry to King Louis XIV. 91 Described as a 'most capable soldier-diplomat', 92 Ottone's main area of military and diplomatic activity was during the Franco-Dutch War. Until 1680, he was consistently ordered to develop strategies with the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire to protect the territories of the Empire from French politics of conquest ('reunions').…”

Section: Performance In State Servicementioning

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State services, fortuitous marriages, and conspiracies: Trans-territorial family strategies between Madrid, Brussels, and Vienna in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Hyden-Hanscho

2020

J Mod Eur Hist

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Early modern composite monarchies functioned by maintaining local rights and traditions and the successful accommodation of noble elites in the army, diplomatic corps, and regional governments. Scholars commonly focus on the integration of nobles from the core lands in order to implement a faithful civil service and reliable institutions for government. Yet noble families from peripheries or border regions have been disregarded either as supporters or as opponents of royal power. This article explores the differing strategies of the Carrettos from Imperial Italy and the Arenbergs from the Southern Netherlands, two noble families from the border regions of the Habsburg realms and how they responded to integrative measures offered by the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs. It analyses four important aspects of noble family strategies. First, the article examines how vassalage, loyalty, and sovereignty created important bonds between noble families in the western border regions of the Holy Roman Empire and the emperor or sovereign. Second, it establishes how families became members of competitive Habsburg court societies via court honours, titles, and interregional marriage alliances. Third, the article looks at how these families supported the early modern state with successful performances of state service and how they utilized the vast career possibilities of composite monarchies. Fourth and finally, it analyses how the failed integration of noble elites from border regions resulted in governmental crisis and uprisings. This article demonstrates how nobles in the border regions could be integral to state power.

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State services, fortuitous marriages, and conspiracies: Trans-territorial family strategies between Madrid, Brussels, and Vienna in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Hyden-Hanscho

2020

J Mod Eur Hist

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“…La guerre contre la Hollande fait ainsi l'objet de préparatifs très détaillés : la stratégie se met peu à peu en place en 1671 7 . Condé prépare en détail la campagne et envoie le comte de Chamilly se renseigner sur le passage des rivières, sur les routes, sur les circonvallations autour des villes, sur les meilleures places pour attaquer les Hollandais depuis l'évêché de Münster.…”

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Secret et espionnage militaire au temps de Louis XIV

Bély

2011

Revue Historique Des Armées

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Louis XIV a le goût du secret et ses grandes entreprises militaires en ont besoin. Cet article montre comment le secret accompagne la pratique politique, en particulier dans le domaine de la guerre et la préparation des opérations militaires. A contrario l’État est avide d’information et il rassemble des renseignements venus de tous les horizons, grâce à l’effort de tous les agents du roi et aux réseaux particuliers qui se mettent au service du souverain. Il faut tenter en effet de deviner les stratégies élaborées par le camp ennemi, mais la collecte d’information se fait aussi à l’échelle d’un front ou bien, très localement, aux environs d’une forteresse. Cet article distingue macro-espionnage ou macro-observation à l’échelle internationale et micro-espionnage ou micro-observation sur le terrain. Les généraux envoient des hommes pour surveiller et comprendre le mouvement des ennemis. Les habitants du pays ou des villages près desquels s’établit une armée peuvent aussi jouer un rôle essentiel pour connaître la topographie précise des alentours. Le talent d’un homme de guerre, du général au moindre commandant de place, tient donc à la qualité de son information. Ainsi, pour chaque bataille, s’opère une forme de dialogue ou de négociation, avec, d’un côté, les instructions et les ordres reçus du roi, souvent très secrets, d’un autre côté, les avis rassemblés sur place, les constatations faites par le général, celui-ci gardant lui-même le secret sur ses dernières résolutions et sur les manœuvres qu’il envisage. L’auteur aborde, à travers l’exemple de Feuquières, la façon que peut avoir un contemporain de Louis XIV de penser l’espionnage et d’évoquer les espions.

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The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV

Rowlands

2002

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The 'personal rule' of Louis XIV witnessed a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its officers, its men and the War Ministry. However, this is the first book to treat the French army under Louis XIV as a living political, social and economic organism, an institution which reflected the dynastic interests and personal concerns of the king and his privileged subjects. The book explains the development of the army between the end of Cardinal Mazarin's ministry and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, emphasising the awareness of Louis XIV and his ministers of the need to pay careful attention to the condition of the king's officers, and to take account of their military, political, social and cultural aspirations.

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Louis XIV and the Dutch War

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State services, fortuitous marriages, and conspiracies: Trans-territorial family strategies between Madrid, Brussels, and Vienna in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

State services, fortuitous marriages, and conspiracies: Trans-territorial family strategies between Madrid, Brussels, and Vienna in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Secret et espionnage militaire au temps de Louis XIV

The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV

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