Category Archives: Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)

Louis XIV’s Dutch War (1672-1678/79)

Review Article: Louis XIV’s Dutch War (1672-1678/79) Paul Sonnino. Louis XIV and the Origins of the Dutch War. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-5215-3134-4. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 226. $43.00 (paperback). … Continue reading

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Europe in the Age of Louis XIV (1661-1715): A Bibliography

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WARFARE IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN EUROPE A Bibliography of Diplomatic and Military Studies by William Young Chapter 6 – Europe in the Age of Louis XIV (1661-1715) Europe in the Age of Louis … Continue reading

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Book Review of The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850

Frederick C. Schneid, editor. The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850. History of Warfare series. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2012. ISBN 978-90-04-22671-5. Notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 224. $144.00 (hardcover). Dr Frederick C. Schneid, Professor of History and Chair of the … Continue reading

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Book Review of William III and the Northern Crowns during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697

Stewart P. Oakley. William III and the Northern Crowns during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697. Outstanding Theses from the London School of Economics and Political Science series. New York and London: Garland, 1987. ISBN 978-0-824-01928-0.  Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Pp. 504. … Continue reading

Posted in Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, Danish Foreign Policy, Dutch Foreign Policy, English Foreign Policy, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Nine Years War (1688-1697), Swedish Foreign Policy, Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715) | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review of Negotiator Out of Season: The Career of Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, 1629 to 1704

John T. O’Connor. Negotiator Out of Season: The Career of Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, 1629 to 1704. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1978. ISBN 978-0-820-30436-6. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. x, 263. The Wars of Louis XIV have fascinated a small … Continue reading

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Book Review of Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars

Andrew Rothstein. Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars. ISBN 978-0-333-39878-4. Maps. Notes. Index. London: Macmillan, 1986. Pp. xi, 247. The late Andrew Rothstein, a Russian-British journalist, examines Anglo-Russian relations during the War of the Spanish … Continue reading

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Book Review of The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy, 1665-1700

Christopher Storrs. The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy, 1665-1700. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-924637-3. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xv, 271. $155.00. Historians have traditionally seen Habsburg Spain as a declining Great Power in the late seventeenth … Continue reading

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Book Review of The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

David Parrott. The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-51483-5. Figures. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 429. $80.00. Dr David Parrott, a Fellow and Lecturer at New … Continue reading

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Book Review of Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650-1750)

David Onnekink and Gijs Rommelse, editors. Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650-1750). Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750 series. Farnham, England: Ashgate, 2001. ISBN 978-1-4094-1913-6. Figures. Notes. Index. Pp. xiii, 320. $134.00. Dr David Onnekink, an Assistant Professor of … Continue reading

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Book Review of War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648-1713

David Onnekink, editor. War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648-1713.  Politics and Culture in North-Western Europe 1650-1720 series. Farnham, England: Ashgate, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7546-6129-0. Charts. Figures. Notes. Index. Pp. xvi, 274. $124.95. Originally published in The Journal of Military History 74 … Continue reading

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