The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV
Subtitle: Royal Service and Private Interest 16611701 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780521641241
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Military life & institutions; c 1600 to c 1700; History - General History; France; Modern - General; History: World; Europe; Europe - General; Military - General; History / Europe / General; Armee; Armâee; France.; History; Louis XIV, 1643-1715
First sentence: The origins of ministerial government in the western world lay in the transformation of royal private secretaries from the personal aides of a prince into major political players in their own right running fully fledged, if small, departments of state.