History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Standing Army, The Roots, Military Technology
15 Dec 2014
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War of the bavarian succession (1778: limited warfare, the roots of war, the tools of war, the costs of war. Wars in the 18th century were limited in time, in scale, and in intensity. War in 16th and 17th century, wars were often fought around the principle of religious commitment and the imperial interests of spain (intent on expanding and securing power across. Peace based on compromise barely lasted (there were periods of truce but they were brief) Somewhere in the middle of the 17th century, religion recedes as a reason to go to war; later in the 17th century, war started again, but the key engine was french ambitions (louis xiv) for expansion. France embarked on a series of wars to give their country a dominant role in europe, and arrange. European affairs in a way that benefitted france. A series of coalitions came together to resist french power and expansion.
