HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Huguenot, Pope Innocent Xi, Genuflection
Document Summary
From the dutch war to the nine years war. The position that france found themselves in after the peace of nymegen = divide and rule considerable gains. They managed to detach the dutch republic from the coalition opposing them. Now they"re in a position to consolidate their gains and make much more. Now they can call in their diplomatic dividends of their victories (both on the conference table and on the battle field) France and louis xiv proceeded to fulfill the strategic agenda that was long pressed upon the king by french advisor vauban (one of the greatest french military warriors and diplomatic philosophers) Vauban believed in static warfare side better prepared would win france must expand to the point where it had defendable strategic frontiers by seizing key fortresses along it"s north-eastern and eastern frontiers. Peace of nymegan gave vauban what he wanted now france had a highly defendable and easily protect-able frontier in the north-east (spanish netherlands)
