Coercion, Conversion and Counterinsurgency in Louis XIV's France

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15661-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

This is a study of the domestic application of armed coercion during the reign of Louis XIV. It examines the coercive aspects of tax collection, the royal response to tax revolts, and the use of force to convert the king’s Protestant subjects and to wage a devastating counterinsurgency campaign against Protestant rebels in the mountains and plains of Languedoc. Relying heavily on archival sources, the study demonstrates that both the coercive inclination of Louis XIV and the coercive capabilities of the French army have been overstated. This raises questions about some common assumptions regarding the role of the army in the projection of state power and its contribution to the process of state formation in Early Modern France.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCullough, Roy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations. vii

Introduction. 1

Chapter One. ‘Huissier, Garnisaire et Soldat’: Coercion and Tax Collection Under Louis XIV. 11
Introduction. 11
The ‘Voie Ordinaire’: Collecteurs, Huissiers, and Sergents. 15
The ‘Voie Militaire’: Garnisaires, Fusiliers, and Brigades. 21
Huissiers vs. Garnisaires: The Debate Under Colbert. 28
The Army and the Collection of the Taille. 34
The Gabelle. 42
Conclusion. 50

Chapter Two. The Response to Popular Revolt, 1662–1670. 53
Introduction. 53
The Boulonnais Revolt, 1662. 56
The Audijos Revolt, 1664–1665. 59
The Roure Revolt, 1670. 68
Conclusion. 76

Chapter Three. Regional Crisis and Royal Consolidation: The Revolts of 1675. 79
Introduction. 79
April–June, 1675: Troubles at Rennes and Nantes and the Response of Local Authorities. 81
The Military Response and Renewed Violence. 86
June–August, 1675: Rural Uprising. 93
The Royal Response to the Rural Revolt. 96
The Military Occupation of Rennes and the Exile of the Parlement. 99
The Exile of the Parlement. 103
The Provincial Estates. 105 Winter Quarters. 108
The Revolt at Bordeaux. 110
Conclusion. 121

Chapter Four. ‘Les Missions Bottés’: Religious Coercion Under Louis XIV. 125
Introduction. 125
The First Dragonnades. 127
The Revolt of 1683. 133
The Grand Dragonnades. 140
From Conversion to Counterinsurgency: Languedoc, 1683–1698. 153
The Strategy of Conversion. 170
Conclusion. 177

Chapter Five. The Revolt of the Camisards, 1702–1704. 181
Introduction. 181
Preparations. 182
The Revolt Begins. 186
The Strategy of the Count de Broglie. 196
Montrevel Arrives. 203
Montrevel’s Strategy. 205
The Grand Design. 211
The Arrival of Marshal Villars. 227
Conclusion. 236

Conclusion. 243

Bibliography. 253
Archival sources. 253
Published primary sources. 253
Secondary sources. 254

Index. 263

Über Autor(innen)

Roy L. McCullough, Ph.D. (2005) in History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is a Project Manager with the Defense Policy Analysis division of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in Mclean, Virginia.