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Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King : Nursery for Men of Honour.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History of Warfare SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781280915185
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun KingDDC classification:
  • 944/.0049163
LOC classification:
  • DC127.6 -- .G56 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on the Text, Dates and Currency -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Scottish Soldiers Abroad -- Chapter Two: Scots in France -- Chapter Three: Expatriates and the Restoration -- Chapter Four: Experiences Abroad -- Chapter Five: 'Cult of Arms' -- Chapter Six: France at War -- Chapter Seven: British Brigade in France -- Chapter Eight: Independent Regiments in France -- Chapter Nine: The Treaty of Nijmegen and the 'Exclusion Crisis' -- Chapter Ten: Dumbarton's Regiment in Britain -- Chapter Eleven: King James and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 -- Epilogue: A Jacobite Army at Lille -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: This study of Scottish soldiers in France in the age of the Sun King provides fascinating information about the visicitudes suffered by the brave personnel of the regiment of George Douglas, Earl of Dumbarton. Hardly the heirs of an 'auld' alliance amity, they became the playthings of a king intent on transforming the nature of war in his era.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on the Text, Dates and Currency -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Scottish Soldiers Abroad -- Chapter Two: Scots in France -- Chapter Three: Expatriates and the Restoration -- Chapter Four: Experiences Abroad -- Chapter Five: 'Cult of Arms' -- Chapter Six: France at War -- Chapter Seven: British Brigade in France -- Chapter Eight: Independent Regiments in France -- Chapter Nine: The Treaty of Nijmegen and the 'Exclusion Crisis' -- Chapter Ten: Dumbarton's Regiment in Britain -- Chapter Eleven: King James and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 -- Epilogue: A Jacobite Army at Lille -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

This study of Scottish soldiers in France in the age of the Sun King provides fascinating information about the visicitudes suffered by the brave personnel of the regiment of George Douglas, Earl of Dumbarton. Hardly the heirs of an 'auld' alliance amity, they became the playthings of a king intent on transforming the nature of war in his era.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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