The English and French Navies, 1500-1650 - Expansion, Organisation and State-Building (Hardcover)

Challenges the received wisdom about the relative weakness of French naval power when compared with that of England. This book traces the advances and deterioration of the early modern English and French sea forces and relates these changes to concurrent developments within the respective states. Based on extensive original research in correspondence and memoirs, official reports and accounts, receipts of the exchequer and inventories in both France, where the sources are disparate and dispersed, and England, the book explores the rise of both kingdoms' naval resources from the early sixteenth to the mid seventeenth centuries. As a comparative study, it shows that, in sharing the Channel and with both countries increasing their involvement in maritime affairs, English and French naval expansion was intertwined. Directly and indirectly, the two kingdoms influenced their neighbours' sea programmes. The book first examines the administrative transformations of both navies, then goes on to discuss fiscal and technological change, and finally assesses the material expansion of the respective fleets. In so doing it demonstrates the close relationship between naval power and state strength in early modern Europe. One important argument challenges the received wisdom about the relative weakness of French naval power when compared with that of England.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Benjamin W. D. Redding
Dimensions:	156 x 234 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-657-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	1-78327-657-6
Barcode:	9781783276578

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