ENGLISH

Louis XV's Navy, 1748-1762: A Study of Organization and Administration

By James Pritchard

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
1987
ISBN
9780773561199
DOI
10.1515/9780773561199
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16912357 bytes)
Pages
304\300
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 20:15:46

Description

Louis XV's Navy presents a sharply detailed picture of an institution caught between its Colbertian legacy and contemporary challenges arising from overseas development and imperial rivalry. James Pritchard analyses the changes that occurred in naval organization and administration in the years between the end of the War of Austrain Succession and the conclusion of the Seven Years War. During this time the French navy was reorganized, rebuilt, and fought a major war in which is was annihilated and its officer corps militarily humiliated. Yet this period also established the conditions that made it possible for the navy to become the major arm of French foreign policy for the only time in French history.

Similar books