This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by considering the role of the Duchy of Savoy and the rise of this hitherto weak state into one of the regular members of the anti-French coalitions of the eighteenth century. Through his participation in the Nine Years War (1688-97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy, acquired a reputation for unrivalled 'Machiavellian' diplomacy on the international stage. The book puts this diplomacy in context, and considers how the duke raised men and money (at home and abroad), the administrative changes forced by war, the resulting domestic pressures, and how these were dealt with.

An account of the transformation of the state of Savoy under Duke Victor Amadeus II.
Reviews
'... of great interest not only to specialists but also to those interested in absolutism, modernization and the other meta-narratives currently on offer for seventeenth- and eighteenth- century Europe'. The English Historical Review
'... a significant contribution to the much-neglected field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian history ... a welcome addition to the debate on the relationship between early modern state development and war.' War in History
'... the book makes an invaluable contribution to a growing collection of new studies of early modern Italian states.' History



Book Information
ISBN 9780521038294
Author Christopher Storrs
Format Paperback
Page Count 364
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 552g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 151mm * 20mm