Reviews
A remarkable work... Sandberg's study is a major contribution to the history of nobility in Modern France.
Sandberg's solid study certainly complements the work of Arlette Jouanna and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and should be welcomed and praised for offering English-speakers a (rather rare) glimpse of Renaissance Languedoc and Guyenne.
An important addition to the literature on the nobility of early modern France.
Brian Sandberg has written one of the most important regional studies of France’s militarized nobility... [A]ll early modern historians will need to read and ponder his conclusions.
Sandberg has gathered a prodigious quantity of information and documentation that shifts attention from the oft-told story of a relentlessly centralizing monarchy to the fluid, insecure, and bellicose behavior of a regional nobility.
Very good research.
A great deal of new and fascinating research on an important topic.
This is a well-documented study of nobles in southwestern France, and it successfully does what even the best books on early modern military history rarely even attempt: it bridges the divide between military and cultural history.
Book Details
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Citations and Translations
Prologue
Part I
1. The Great Quantity of Nobility That Is Found Here
2. The Grandeur and Magnificence of His Household
3. He Had No Trouble
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Citations and Translations
Prologue
Part I
1. The Great Quantity of Nobility That Is Found Here
2. The Grandeur and Magnificence of His Household
3. He Had No Trouble Helping Himself to Money
Part II
4. With the Assistance of My Particular Friends
5. The Dignity and Authority of Their Charges
6. Actions the Most Perilous Being the Most Honorable
Part III
7. The Call to Arms from All Quarters
8. A Great Multitude of Soldiers
9. The Zeal of This Nobility
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index