War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 16901720 (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780521038294
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History; History - General History; History: World; France; Europe - France; Europe - Italy; Political History; History / Europe / General; History / France; History : Europe - Italy; Political Science : Political History; Victor Amadeus--I, --King of Sardinia, --1666; Victor Amadeus--I,--King of Sardinia,--1666-1732; Europe - General; Savoy (France and Italy)
First sentence: Armies, particularly standing ones, and their development, have figured largely in accounts of state formation, particularly for those who see this as being about the state's assertion of a monopoly of legitimate force within its own borders.