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| Title: | Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange & the Glorious Revolution of 1688
: The Lions of Judah |
| Author: | Matthew Glozier |
| ISBN: | 1845191455 : 9781845191450 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 152x229mm |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Weight: | .354 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - April 2008 |
| List Price: | 17.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | British & Irish history: c1500 to c1700: European history: c1500 to c1750: Military history |
This book provides the first full-scale, scholarly analysis of the political, religious and social rationale which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. In the context of the Huguenot exodus from France and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context is explained through the use of rich biographical and historical detail. Special attention is given to the role played by the most prominent Protestant soldiers of William's army, the Huguenot refugees and the British soldiers of the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. The importance of issues of loyalty and conscience amongst Europe's professional international officer corps is addressed, thereby placing the valuable service rendered to William III by his Huguenot soldiers in an international context encompassing political, religious and social aspects. This book will be a rich source of biographical information about hundreds of Huguenot soldiers in British, Dutch and Brandenburg service in the period 1670 to 1700.
Introduction; The French Crown, the Huguenots and the Army before 1685; The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; Huguenots in the Dutch Army, 1685-8; The Huguenots and the Anglo-Dutch Brigade; James II and the Huguenots; The 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688; Ireland; Epilogue; Index.
"Glozier's study is most impressive in its reconstruction of the Huguenot community. His book has a prosopographical approach and contains a treasury of biographical information, based upon which the author analyses the social and religious background of the soldiers... an important and innovative contribution to Dutch military historiography as well as Huguenot studies and may prove an important incentive to study this topic in more depth." -- H-Albion. "This book’s particular merit lies in its international scope and its focus on Huguenot officers serving William in the Netherlands and Ireland... Discusses a worthwhile and neglected subject." -- Albion. "An important and innovative contribution to Dutch military historiography as well as Huguenot studies and may prove an important incentive to study this topic in more depth." -- H-Albion. "The book’s correction of previous historians and assemblage of useful data in one place make it a valuable starting point for early-modern French, British, Dutch and military historians." -- 17th-Century Military News.
