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Journal articles on the topic "Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714"
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Hattendorf, John B. "The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714." Journal for Maritime Research 18, no. 2 (July 2, 2016): 159–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21533369.2016.1253312.
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Palomo Reina, Cristian. "Una comparativa dels conceptes ‘Espanya’ i ‘Catalunya’ a inicis del segle XVIII." SCRIPTA. Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna 14 (December 26, 2019): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.7203/scripta.0.15859.
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Resum: En aquest article realitzarem una anàlisi quantitativa, semàntica i comparativa dels conceptes ‘Espanya’ i ‘Catalunya’ en les seves formes terminològiques singulars i plurals pròpies dels idiomes català, castellà i llatí, contingudes en els dietaris institucionals del Consell de Cent de Barcelona i de la Diputació del General de Catalunya. La cronologia analitzada serà l’albada del segle XVIII, període convuls en què es produí la mort del monarca hispànic Carles II d’Àustria (1700), l’entronització dels Borbó (1701) i la consegüent guerra de successió per la Monarquia d’Espanya (1702-1715) que es batallà al Principat de Catalunya entre 1704 i 1714. Els resultats de l’estudi ofereixen noves perspectives sobre alguns aspectes del debat historiogràfic desfermat per la celebració del Tricentenari del 1714, i que gira al voltant de com era la identitat col·lectiva dels catalans a inicis del segle XVIII.Paraules clau: Història conceptual, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Guerra de Successió espanyola.Abstract: In this article we will carry out a quantitative, semantic and comparative analysis of the concepts ‘Spain’ and ‘Catalonia’ in its singular and plural forms of the Catalan, Spanish and Latin languages, contained in the institutional diaries of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona and the Deputation of the General of Catalonia. The chronology analysed will be the start of the 18th century, a period in which the death of the Spanish monarch Charles II of Austria (1700), the enthronement of the Bourbons (1701) and the consequent war of succession for the Monarchy of Spain (1702-1715) that was fought in the Principality of Catalonia between 1704 and 1714. The results of the study offer new perspectives on some aspects of the historiographical debate unleashed by the celebration of the Tricentenary of 1714, which revolves around the collective identity of Catalans at the beginning of the 18th century.Keywords: Conceptual history, Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, War of Spanish Succession.
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Kutishchev, A. V. "The Military Campaign of 1703 in the Netherlands according to the Correspondence and Memoirs of Its Participants." Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology 21, no. 1 (January 20, 2022): 9–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2022-21-1-9-21.
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The article studies the military campaign of 1703 in the Netherlands of the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701– 1714. The presented campaign, still undervalued by military historiography, is the most typical of the European military art of the early 18th century. The article shows the activities of the Anglo-Dutch and French command in the planning and organizing of military operations. Based on the correspondence of Louis XIV, Duke of Marlborough, French Marshals Villeroy and Bouffler, the article traces the course of the fighting in Flanders and Brabant in the summer and autumn of 1703. At the same time, the war is considered as a combination of careful maneuvering and rapid marches, false demonstrations and decisive strikes, methodical sieges of fortresses and unexpected breakthroughs of fortified lines. As a result, the little-known stage of the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701–1714 is studied in detail.On the example of the above-mentioned campaign, the article reveals such features of Western European military affairs as the limited operational goals and plans, positional nature of strategy, rejection of decisive forms of struggle, commitment to siege warfare and maneuver tactics, increasing role of engineering and fortification and rear services, communications and logistics.
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Kutishchev, Alexander V. "The Conquest of Piemont. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714." RUDN Journal of World History 15, no. 2 (June 2, 2023): 182–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8127-2023-15-2-182-195.
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The purpose of this article is to identify the features of military art as an integral part of Western European culture in the period of late feudalism using the example of a separate campaign of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The focus of the study is the military operations in Piedmont in 1704 and their reflection in the military documentation, memoirs as well as in the correspondence of Louis XIV, the French minister of war Chamillard with the French command in Piedmont and Savoy. The article examines an episode of Western European military history that has not yet been reflected in Russian historiography. It presents an interest in terms of the prospects for a comparative military-historical analysis of the era of Peter the Great and Europe on the eve of the Modern Age. The article reflects the conditionality of Western European wars by intra-dynastic conflicts and contest between the ruling monarchical houses as well as the typical features of Western European military art namely the decision-making mechanism within the framework of the so-called “cabinet” command and control, the limitation of operational goals, the positional nature of the strategy, the rejection of determinateness in favor of passive methodism, commitment to siege warfare and maneuver tactics, the growing role of military engineering and logistical support.
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Kutischev, Aleksandr V. "The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Rhine Campaign of 1703." Общество: философия, история, культура, no. 4 (2023): 115–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24158/fik.2023.4.17.
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Kutishchev, Aleksandr Vasilievich. "Turning point in the 1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession: The Danube military campaign of 1704." Manuscript 17, no. 3 (May 22, 2024): 151–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.30853/mns20240022.
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The purpose of this article is to identify the peculiarities of Western European military affairs as illustrated by a particular campaign of the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The article is of interest in light of comparing military affairs of Western Europe and Russia at the beginning of the 18th century, military art during the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the Great Northern War (1700-1721). Scientific novelty: the study presents an episode of Western European military history not yet reflected in domestic historiography, combat operations between Franco-Bavarian troops and the allied army under the command of John Marlborough on the Danube theater of war in the summer of 1704. The study is carried out with wide use of memoir, epistolary and documentary sources. During the 1704 campaign on the Danube and in Bavaria, such typical features of the military art of the 18th century were manifested as excessive dependence on supplies and logistics, positional expectant nature of hostilities, their indecision and false methodism. As a result of the study, the author came to the conclusion that the Franco-Bavarian coalition was more inclined towards the canons of the military strategy that had developed by the beginning of the 18th century. It operated within the framework of positional maneuver tactics, enthusiasm for fighting on communications, demonstrating wait-and-see and passivity. French marshals were distinguished by their adherence to the template and therefore were predictable and expected. Unlike the enemy, John Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy managed to break out of the generally accepted tactical canons. During the 1704 campaign, they showed swiftness and offensive character, imposed a decisive aggressive struggle on the enemy, the culmination of which was a resounding victory at Blenheim on August 13, 1704.
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ACUÑA, MARIA VIRGINIA. "LOVE CONQUERS ALL: CUPID, PHILIP V AND THE ALLEGORICAL ZARZUELA DURING THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (1701–1714)." Eighteenth Century Music 15, no. 1 (March 2018): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478570617000380.
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ABSTRACTAn unprecedented shift in the portrayal of Cupid took place in the Spanish mythological zarzuela during the years surrounding the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). For the first time ever, Cupid was depicted not as a god of chaste or erotic love, but as a god at war with other deities. And in every work, a female actor-singer, not a male performer, played the fiery but mournful character. In this article I first explore the cultural understanding of Cupid in early eighteenth-century Spain as articulated by Spanish mythographers of the era, and as seen in the earliest representations of Cupid in Spanish theatre. I then investigate the intersection of myth, allegory, war and music theatre in a case study – the zarzuela Las nuevas armas de amor (Love's New Weapons, 1711) – suggesting that in this work Cupid functioned as an allegorical representation of the Spanish king, and that the deity's struggles for power mirrored the monarch's plight during a time of great political instability. Moreover, I argue that the pre-existing local theatrical practice of cross-dressing allowed for the portrayal of a defeated and sobbing Cupid in the zarzuela.
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Graham, Aaron, and Michael Paul Martoccio. "Provisions, Passports and the Problems of International Warfare in Early Eighteenth-Century Northern Italy: A Micro-Historical Study." European History Quarterly 53, no. 2 (April 2023): 316–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02656914231163087.
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The relationship between the rise of the modern European state and military resource mobilization has been studied either through the capacity of Europe's fiscal-military states to mobilize war-making resources internally or the continued importance of private, non-state contractors to fund, recruit and supply armies. Missing from this literature is an understanding of how military contractors acquired supplies outside of national borders as well as the sorts of diplomatic and personal connections these contractors drew upon to move war goods across multiple jurisdictions for hundreds of miles. This article adopts a micro-historical approach to the history of military resource mobilization, paying close attention to one shipment of grain purchased in central Europe by the British army during the War of Spanish Succession (1701–1714). By studying closely how British money paid French Huguenot contractors to buy the grain and transmit it across northern Italy to feed German and Spanish troops fighting in Spain, this one case shows how scholarship can move towards a transnational history of military logistics based on key urban centres rather than nations and borders.
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Harris, B. "Shorter notice. The Hugenots, the Protestant Interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714. Laurence Huey Boles." English Historical Review 114, no. 458 (September 1999): 991–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/enghis/114.458.991.
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Harris, B. "Shorter notice. The Hugenots, the Protestant Interest, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714. Laurence Huey Boles." English Historical Review 114, no. 458 (September 1, 1999): 991–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.458.991.
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Ostwald, Jamel Mindel. "Vauban's siege legacy in the War of The Spanish Succession, 1702-1712." Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1039049324.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2002.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 389 p.: ill. (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Advisors: John Rule and John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Dept. of History. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-144). Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-389).
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Darnell, Benjamin. "The financial administration of the French Navy during the War of the Spanish Succession." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3a92131c-7fec-4d15-984b-f8456716931e.
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The prevailing historical narrative of the collapse of Louis XIV's naval power has emphasised the importance of political decision-making, either in the strategic shifts between the guerre d'escadre and the guerre de course, or in the decision to reduce the naval budget in the midst of war in 1694 and 1707. As France faced massive financial overextension and an increasing need to fight for territorial survival in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), it was inevitable that Louis XIV's government would fund its armies in preference to its naval capabilities. However, a shift in priorities at Versailles does not provide a full explanation for the navy's decline. Recent works emphasise the effectiveness of the state's revenue-raising capabilities and the importance of the fiscal intermediaries who financed royal expenditure. Yet, these connections between French naval power and Louis XIV's fiscal capabilities remain only partially explored and this thesis presents a fresh examination of the navy's financing arrangements. It is argued that the difficulties that Louis XIV faced in maintaining the fleet were rooted in a unique set of issues embedded in the navy's financing mechanism and the way it was managed. The problem was four-fold: the naval ministry consistently overspent its allocated funds; the navy's budget was increasingly underfunded as a result of the finance ministry's mismanagement and also of wider fiscal instability; the naval treasury was not fit-for-purpose since the navy's fiscal intermediaries, the trésoriers généraux de la Marine, lacked the capacity to sustain costly levels of borrowing; and the crown failed to meet the organisational challenges of war by not controlling spending and the activities of the trésoriers. These structural issues surfaced internally early in the war and would be progressively and disastrously exposed by the loss of liquidity and the mounting debts that affected France in the 1700s.
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Karges, Caleb William. ""So perverse an ally" : Great Britain's alliance with Austria in the War of the Spanish Succession." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11687.
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The War of the Spanish Succession saw the culmination in the development of European warfare during the “Military Revolution” period, which saw European states fielding larger armies with geographically more ambitious strategies under the umbrella of the nascent eighteenth‐century phenomenon of the “Fiscal‐Military State.” By investigating the Austro‐British alliance at the diplomatic, strategic, logistical, and operational levels during the war, greater insight can be gained into the mechanics of alliance warfare and how two allies reconcile independent war strategies in order to achieve a common goal. This is done in particular by exploring British attempts to influence Austrian war strategy through the tools of diplomacy and logistics in order to bring it more in line with British war strategy, particularly in the region of southern Europe. The chronological approach adopted by this thesis will demonstrate how the course of a war can influence strategy and, in turn, facilitate or impede allied collaboration. The early years of the war saw unsuccessful attempts at Austro‐British collaboration due to the distance between the two allies and the limited contact between them. The 1703 crisis of the Austrian monarchy following financial collapse, rebellion, and a hostile Bavaria forced a dramatic revision of British strategy, culminating the Blenheim campaign of 1704. The expansion of the war into Iberia saw a broadening of Austro‐British military contacts, and the strategic situation in Italy was the source of greater collaboration. However, this expanded collaboration could prove diplomatically damaging when strategic or operational goals diverged. The later years of the war saw Austro‐British collaboration reach its peak, but Austria had to sacrifice much of the direction of its own war effort in the Mediterranean to Britain as the price for British support. The final years of the war saw British and Austrian war strategies diverge in light of the death of Joseph I.
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Verhees-Van, Meer J. Th H. "De Zeeuwse kaapvaart tijdens de Spaanse Successieoorlog 1702-1713 /." Middelburg : Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen, 1986. http://dds.crl.edu/CRLdelivery.asp?tid=12272.
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Maurin, Olivier. "La Hongrie et les Pays Bas méridionaux durant la guerre de Succession d'Espagne : les ambitions de la diplomatie française." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BOR30051/document.
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Au début du XVIIIe siècle, la Hongrie et les Pays-Bas méridionaux sont l’objet de la convoitise de la diplomatie française. Ces provinces périphériques de l’Empire habsbourgeois s’opposent aux politiques de centralisation menées par Madrid et Vienne. Afin de réaliser ses ambitions dynastiques, Louis XIV utilise ce contexte pour déstabiliser ces territoires dans le cadre d’une guerre de Succession d’Espagne engendrée par le décès de Charles II d’Espagne, le premier novembre 1700. Le Roi-Soleil mobilise ses armées et ses diplomates, dans la continuité des alliances de revers forgées lors des siècles précédents. Le marquis des Alleurs et le président Pierre Rouillé de Marbeuf, agents de Louis XIV, mi-espions, mi-ambassadeurs, sont respectivement envoyés en Hongrie auprès du prince hongrois rebelle François Rakóczi et aux Pays-Bas méridionaux aux côtés du gouverneur général de la province et maître de l’Électorat de Bavière, Maximilien-Emmanuel de Wittelsbach. Loin du fracas des champs de bataille de la guerre de Succession d’Espagne, une guerre de l’ombre se fait plus dure. La quête du renseignement devient la préoccupation croissante des cours européennes. La confidentialité des correspondances épistolaires est l’objet de toutes les attentions. Cette étude a l’ambition de retracer le cadre des ambitions françaises en Hongrie et aux Pays-Bas méridionaux au début du XVIIIe siècle. Les alliances de revers et les manœuvres militaires de la guerre de Succession d’Espagne replacent ces deux pays d’Europe au cœur des luttes dynastiques, diplomatiques, et militaires opposant les Bourbons et les Habsbourg pour la domination de l’EuropeAt the beginning of the 18th century, Hungary and the Southern Netherlands are coveted by the French diplomacy. Those peripheral provinces of The Habsburg Empire oppose the centralization policy lead by Madrid and Vienna. In order to realize his dynastic ambitions, Louis XIV uses this context to destabilize these territories during the War of the Spanish Succession triggered by the death of the last Habsburg King of Spain, Charles II, the first November 1700. Louis XIV mobilizes his army and his ambassadors in the continuity of the foreign alliances « Alliance de revers » that have been conducted during centuries. The marquis des Alleurs and the president Pierre Rouillé de Marbeuf, agents of Louis XIV, half spy, half ambassadors, are respectively send in Hungary nearby the rebel prince François Rakoczi and in the Southern Netherlands nearby the general governor of the province and Elector of Bavaria, Maximilien-Emmanuel de Wittelsbach. Far from the din of the battlefield of the Spanish Succession, another war hardens. The battle for information’s became the first preoccupation of European courts. The confidentiality of the epistolary correspondences is a crucial object of attention. The purpose of this study is to define the framework of the French ambitions in Hungary and the Southern Netherlands at the beginning of the 18th century. The « alliance de revers » and military moves during the War of the Spanish Succession replace those two European countries at the heart of dynastic, diplomatic and military conflicts opposing the Bourbon’s and the Habsburg’s for European hegemony
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Boitel, Isaure. "L'image noire de Louis XIV : Provinces-Unies, Angleterre, France (1668-1715)." Thesis, Paris 8, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA080047/document.
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La thèse est centrée sur l’étude de l’image noire de Louis XIV dans l’iconographie de trois puissances européennes : la France, les Provinces-Unies et l’Angleterre. Le corpus repose sur des sources variées : estampes, médailles, ou bien encore cartes à jouer, confectionnées entre le début de la guerre de Dévolution (1667) et la mort du roi, en 1715. Cette imagerie critique et satirique réagit aux offensives militaires françaises ainsi qu’à la politique intérieure menée depuis Versailles, notamment en matière religieuse.Dans un premier temps, nous nous proposons d’examiner la genèse de cet imaginaire en établissant son contexte de création, en identifiant artistes et commanditaires et en précisant à quels marchés il se destine. Ensuite vient l’examen des oeuvres. Victime de ces attaques graphiques, Louis XIV est décrit comme un tyran sanguinaire aux ambitions de monarchie universelle et aux moeurs dépravées. Une perspective diachronique permet d’observer l’évolution des griefs lancés au souverain et de montrer le rapport intime que les sources entretiennent avec l’actualité. Enfin, l’analyse s’intéresse à la rhétorique employée par les détracteurs et se penche sur les visées et les effets de ces images infamantes.Élaborées au moment où émerge le pouvoir de la presse et relayées par des pamphlets et des chansons subversives, ces créations constituent des réponses piquantes au déferlement d’images célébrant la gloire du Bourbon et témoignent d’une politisation de plus en plus accrue des Européens de la fin du Grand Siècle à l’aube des LumièresThis doctoral dissertation studies the dark image of Louis XIV in the iconography of three European powers: France, United Provinces and England. The corpus rests on diverse sources : prints, medals, and even playing cards, all produced between the outset of the War of Devolution (1667) and the king’s death in 1715. These criticism and satire through imagery come as a reaction to the French military offensives as well as to the domestic policy led from Versailles, especially regarding religious affairs.First, we will analyse how this iconography started, by setting the context, identifying artists and sleeping partners, and by stating the targeted market. Then, we will focus on specific art works. As the target of these graphic attacks, Louis XIV is described as a bloody tyrant craving for a universal monarchy and as a follower of devious morals. A diachronic view allows us to observe the evolution of the accusations cast towards the king and to show the close relationship between sources and current affairs. Finally, we will analyse the rhetoric used by the accusers and focus on the aims and impacts of these defamatory images.Produced while the power of the press was emerging and then passed on through pamphlets and subversive songs, this iconography represents cutting remarks against surging images glorifying the Bourbon, and proves the growing politicization of Europeans at the end of Great Century and the dawn of the Enlightenment
Books on the topic "Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714"
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Dickinson, William Calvin. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713: A selected bibliography. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996.
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Dickinson, W. Calvin. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713: A selected bibliography. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996.
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Salvadó, Joaquim Albareda. 11 de setembre de 1714. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de la Presidència, 2005.
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Bordera, Eduard Puig. La resistència catalana: Barcelona 1713-1714. Vic: Eumo Editorial, 2014.
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Josep Maria Torras i Ribé. La Guerra de Successió i els setges de Barcelona, 1697-1714. [Barcelona, Spain]: R. Dalmau, 1999.
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Gasalla, Leopoldo Fernández. Galicia en la guerra de sucesión (1700-1714). Santiago de Compostela: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2018.
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Cristóbal, Pilar Pezzi. La Guerra de Sucesión en Vélez-Málaga, 1700-1714. [Málaga, Spain]: Servicio de Publicaciones, Diputación Provincial de Málaga, 1997.
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Salvadó, Joaquim Albareda i. La Guerra de Successió i l'onze de setembre. Barcelona: Editorial Empúries, 2000.
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Bruijn, Jaap R. "The “New” Navy, 1652-1713." In The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 57–126. Liverpool University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780986497353.003.0002.
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This chapter analyses the ‘New’ period in the history of the Dutch Navy, classified as between 1652 and 1713. It is divided into six sections: the reasons for the old navy’s obsolete status; the components of John de Witt’s ‘new’ navy; the various campaigns against England, France, and the Baltic; the changes that took place within Naval administration; the careers of Michiel de Ruyter and other naval officers; and the manning of ships in the ‘new’ period. It concludes with the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), and the financial toll this took on the Dutch navy, a gradual process that wore down their capacity to operate. It concludes that financial problems coupled with the diminished threat from France forced the Dutch Navy to fundamentally alter their structure and subsequently redefine their role within the republic.
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Alker, Sharon, and Holly Faith Nelson. "Defoe and War." In The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe, 400–416. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.23.
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Abstract Daniel Defoe lived through a period when Britain was often at war. This chapter assesses Defoe’s writings on warfare, appraising his methods of reporting remotely on wars, his fascination for war as a complex system, and his interest in the emotional effects of soldiery. The chapter examines Defoe’s topical commentaries on international relations and military conflicts, particularly the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), in panegyric poetry, pamphlets, and his periodicals, the Review (1704–13) and The Master Mercury (1704). And it evaluates Defoe’s interest in the history of military technology, ranging from An Essay upon Projects (1697) to A General History of Discoveries and Improvements (1725–6). Finally, it analyses the depiction of soldiers’ experiences in Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720) and Colonel Jack (1722), novels that bring war up close, exploiting eyewitness testimony to explore the psychic effects of battles and sieges.
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"The Nine Years War (1688–97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701–13)." In Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830, 169–202. Routledge, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203029497-18.
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Smith, Hannah. "Oligarchy and Opposition, 1714–50." In Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660-1750, 251–96. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851998.003.0009.
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The interactions between the Crown, its ministers, the army, and parliament during the years of the Whig Oligarchy are the focus of this chapter. Parliament remained concerned about standing armies for many of the same reasons as its forebears. But the British army’s victories during the War of the Spanish Succession had transformed the army’s political as well as military reputation and army veterans could convincingly pose as patriotic defenders of the nation’s liberties. Nevertheless, fears over the abuse of military power arose again in the late 1740s and early 1750s. George II’s son and captain-general, the duke of Cumberland, had crushed the ’45 Rebellion and the Jacobite cause at the battle of Culloden. However, Cumberland’s popularity in the aftermath of the ’45 soon waned amidst allegations that he aimed at military government.
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Bruijn, Jaap R. "A Second-Rate Navy, 1714-1795." In The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 127–90. Liverpool University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780986497353.003.0003.
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The final section investigates the decline of the Dutch navy in the years following the financially devastating War of the Spanish Succession, and the various attempts to reinvigorate the Dutch economy through overseas shipping. It is divided into five parts: convoys and the containment of Barbary corsairs; favouritism, innovation, and malpractice within the navy; the restructuring of the roles and responsibilities of naval officers; the role of naval seamen; and a final part concerning the aftermath of the overthrowing of the Dutch Republic in 1795 by the French Revolutionary Army. It concludes by summarising the state of the navy in 1795 - naval administration had become centralised; officers undertook institutionalised education; the fleet undertook new duties; and the advent of steamship technology was beginning to transform the navy with more vigor than ever before.
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Mueller, Andreas K. E. "Defoe’s Europe." In The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe, 505–23. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.32.
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Abstract This chapter charts the prevailing attitudes to the nations of Europe in Daniel Defoe’s writings, situating these in salient contexts of national identity and state formation, global commerce and conflict, and trade, religion, and cultural exchange. It shows the centrality to Defoe’s international outlook of the theory of the balance of power, the delicate equilibrium that ensured the possibility of coexistence; and it shows how Defoe imputed national characteristics to the personal styles of national rulers. The chapter traces Defoe’s outlook towards the Dutch, French, Spanish, German, and other nationalities. It goes from the aftermath of the 1688 Revolution, when Defoe defended William III’s continental policies, through to his propagandistic writings during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), and on to the often-surprising and ambivalent depictions of non-British individuals in his novels. It demonstrates that Defoe was a European as much as an Englishman in outlook.
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Massa-Esteve, Maria Rosa, and Antoni Roca-Rosell. "Teaching Engineers in Spain in the XVIII century: Analysing Mathematical Courses." In “Dig Where You Stand” 7. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the History of Mathematics Education. September 19-23, 2022, Mainz, Germany, 165–80. WTM Verlag, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.37626/ga9783959872560.0.12.
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The analysis of the treatment of new mathematics in the training of engineers and gunners, taught in private colleges, academies and universities in the XVIII century, merits attention for a better understanding of the evolution of the history of mathematical education in this environment. We consider herein the activity of leading teachers and scholars who, despite being side lined in the common historiography of mathematics, played a major role in disseminating “modern” mathematical theories. In Spain, as in other countries, the origins of “scientific” engineering settle in the Army, where officers acquired their training informally. After the War of Succession (1701-1714), the Spanish Bourbon Monarchy played a leading role in scientific and technologic development by establishing institutions to provide higher education for the officer corps, and in these academies mathematics constituted a core subject. In 1739, a Royal Ordinance established the contents of the course in mathematics to be taught in the academies. This course, prepared by Pedro Lucuce (1692-1779), consisted of eight treatises with a total of approximately 2,200 pages devoted to the main fields of mathematics, including “pure” mathematics (arithmetic and geometry), and “mixed” mathematics (cosmography, statics, hydraulics, architecture, artillery, and fortification). The aim of this paper is therefore to analyse the treatment given to pure mathematics in this original course and to highlight some ideas which it contains. In addition, we make some reflections and provide evidence on the process of transition from workshop technical culture to school culture. We briefly present a notable case of this transition, the private mathematical course prepared by the Minorca artist Pasqual Calbó.
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"Spain, Italy, and France: Marie Louise of Savoy, the Princess of Ursins, and the Crosscurrents of Court Theater during the Spanish War of Succession (1701–1714)." In Beyond Spain's Borders, 185–206. Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315438801-18.
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Fuglestad, Finn. "The 1680s–1720s." In Slave Traders by Invitation, 179–96. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190876104.003.0013.
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The chapter attempts to provide a bird’s eye overview of the period in question. It details the strong rivalry between the Europeans in this period of intense slave-trading, due in part to the arrival of the French (linked to the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1714). The rivalry was heightened by the strengthened position of the Portuguese/Brazilians, thanks to Brazilian gold and the famous third-grade tobacco. This climate of rivalry on the European side exacerbated internal tensions among the Africans, and among the main polities: Allada, Hueda (increasingly independent of Allada), Dahomey, but also Glidji and even Akwamu, both of whom tried their luck at times on the Central Slave Coast. One important outcome was the famous treaty of 1703 (to 1794) which guaranteed the neutrality of the “port” of Ouidah-Glehue, converting that place into a safe haven, and triggering the rapid development of the town of Ouidah.
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Talbot, Michael. "Years of travel." In Vivaldi, 48–72. Oxford University PressOxford, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198164975.003.0004.
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Abstract The duchy of Mantua, bordering the Veneta, was a flourishing centre of the arts during the seventeenth century. Indirectly, lavish spending on court entertainment led to the downfall of the Gonzaga dynasty, for the last duke, Ferdinando Carlo, being greatly in debt, was bribed into an alliance with the French during the War of the Spanish Succession. As Mantua was a fief of the Austrian Empire, this constituted treason; accordingly, the victorious Austrians made Mantua an hereditary imperial possession, appointing as governor the younger brother of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince Philip. Fortunately, Mantua’s cultural life continued much as before under Philip’s governorship (1714–35). The movement of musicians between Venice and Mantua was a two-way traffic of long standing. If Vincenzo di Gonzaga had lost Monteverdi to Venice in 1613, Ferdinando Carlo’s recruitment of Caldara in 1700 showed that the pull could as well come from the other direction. A period of service at even a small court like Mantua’s offered a musician from republican Venice a type of experience and a species of patronage for which his city provided no equivalent.