Vauban And The French Military Under Louis Xiv

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456981
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers. More than just a fortification designer, Vauban was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. This book tells the complete story of Vauban's exceptional career, placing him within the framework of Louis XIV's reign and revealing his lasting influences in France and other nations. With the aid of numerous detailed drawings, 17th century bastioned fortification, artillery, and seige warfare are described in detail. Vauban's fortifications that are still standing today are particularly highlighted.

Author : F. J. Hebbert
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier of France written by F. J. Hebbert and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the greatest of France's pre-Revolutionary military engineers and builders, this book attempts to evoke both the man and the significance of his work. It also surveys the broad scope of his formidable intellect in connection with social, political and demographic matters. Stressing his basic honesty, humanity and courage this book portrays Vauban as a significant and influential servitor of the Sun King, Louis XIV, both within and beyond his professional obligations as royal engineer.

Author : Jānis Langins
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262122580
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conserving the Enlightenment written by Jānis Langins and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of French military engineers at a crucial point in the evolution of modern engineering.

Author : John A. Lynn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317899512
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-1714 written by John A. Lynn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warfare dominated the long reign of the `Sun-king', Louis XIV. For forty years from 1672, France was continuously at war and had one of the largest armies seen in the West since the fall of imperial Rome. The campaigns secured little territory, but almost bankrupted the country and the consequences for the French monarchy were dramatic - contributing to its eventual downfall. John Lynn examines the wars for evidence of a coherent strategic policy; he explores the operational logistics of the campaigns; and considers their significance for France's diplomatic, political, mililtary, administrative and institutional This is the first modern, comprehensive study in any language, and offers a vivid insight into 17th and 18th century statesmanship and warfare - reaching a climax with the defeat of France by Marlborough at Blenheim.

Author : Daniel Halévy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vauban, Builder of Fortresses written by Daniel Halévy and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472800230
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vauban Fortifications of France written by Paddy Griffith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his expertise and experience in the construction, defence, and attack of fortresses is unrivalled by any of his contemporaries, of any nationality. In all three of those fields he was a significant innovator and prolific exponent, having planned approximately 160 major defensive projects and directed over 50 sieges. This book provides not only a modern listing of his varied interventions and their fates, but also a wide-ranging discussion of just how and why they pushed forward the international boundaries of the arts of fortification.

Author : Guy Rowlands
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521641241
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynastic State and the Army Under Louis XIV written by Guy Rowlands and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Jamel Ostwald
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004154892
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vauban Under Siege written by Jamel Ostwald and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vauban under Siege" is the first systematic comparison of the theory of Vaubanian siegecraft with its reality, contrasting military engineering's pursuit of the efficient siege with generals' contradictory search for rapid conquest, purchased at the cost of additional lives.

Author : James Falkner
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783031336
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marshal Vauban written by James Falkner and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] vivid and well written account of the life of the man who built some of the most magnificent military structures known to man.”—Clayton Donnell, “Fortress Archaeologist” Sebastien Le Prestre, Marshal Vauban, was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly sophisticated fortress designs, his advanced theories for the defense and attack of fortified places, and his prolific work as a writer and radical thinker on military and social affairs, mark him out as one of the most influential military minds of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Yet no recent study of this extraordinary man has been published in English. James Falkner, in this perceptive and lively new account of Vauban’s life and work, follows his career as a soldier from a dashing and brave young cavalry officer to his emergence as a masterful military engineer. And he shows that Vauban was much more than simply a superlative builder of fortresses, for as a leading military commander serving Louis XIV, he perfected a method for attacking fortifications in the most effective way, which became standard practice until the present day. Falkner’s new study will add significantly to the understanding of Vauban’s achievements and the impact his work has had on the history of warfare. “A very enjoyable read for those looking for a good, basic account of Vauban’s career and his role in the wars of Louis XIV and of fortification more generally. Its usefulness is enhanced by various maps and reproductions of portraits of key characters and of contemporary plans of fortresses.”—War in History

Author : Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Publisher : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Siegecraft and Fortification written by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and published by Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engelsk oversættelse 1968 ved G.A. Rothrock af Vaubans i 1669 på Krigsminister Louvois opfordring skrevne værk "Mémoire sur la Conduite des Sièges" som første gang tryktes i Leiden 1740 under titlen "Mémoire pour servir d'Instruction dans la Conduite des Siéges et dans la Défense des Places"--Se yderligere under denne udgave.