War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 16901720 (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780521551465
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Victor Amadeus; I,; Western Europe - History; History; History - General History; Savoy (France and Italy); History: World; Europe; King of Sardinia,; Europe - France; Europe - Italy; Military - Other; Political History; History / Europe / General; Victor Amadeus--I,--King of Sardinia,--1666-1732; Western Europe - General; 1666-1732; Aragonese and Spanish rule, 1297-1708; Sardinia (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.