Ideologies of Western Naval Power, C. 1500-1815
| Author | : J. D. Davies |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2019-06-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0367321289 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780367321284 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Section 1. Navies and national identities -- Groom of the sea: Venetian sovereignty between power and myth / Luciano Pezzolo -- National flags as essential elements of Dutch naval ideology, 1570-1800 / Gijs Rommelse -- Towards a scientific navy: institutional identity and Spain's Eighteenth-Century Navy / Catherine Scheybeler -- The French Navy from Louis XV to Napoleon I: what role and by what means? / Patrick Villiers -- Section 2. Monarchical Projects -- Fleets and states in a composite Catholic monarchy: Spain c. 1500-1700 / Christopher Storrs -- "Great Neptunes of the main": myths, mangled histories, and "maritime monarchy" in the Stuart Navy, 1603-1714 / J.D. Davies -- Colbert and La Royale: dynastic ambitions and imperial ideals in France / Alan James.
