Debating the Ecole Militaire: The School as an Institutional Solution to the Predicaments of the Nobility
As a prominent national project and symbol, the Ecole militaire provoked and elicited a range of discourses on its nature, purpose, utility, and other aspects inherent to such a signal institution. This was particularly so given the contentious nature of
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The École Royale Militaire
Noble Education, Institutional Innovation, and Royal Charity, 1750–1788 Haroldo A. Guízar
War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 Series Editors Rafe Blaufarb Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, USA Alan Forrest University of York York, UK Karen Hagemann University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
The series aims to the analysis of the military and war by combining political, social, cultural, art and gender history with military history. It wants to extend the scope of traditional histories of the period by discussing war and revolution across the Atlantic as well as within Europe, thereby contributing to a new global history of conflict in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. For more information see: wscseries.web.unc.edu More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14390
Haroldo A. Guízar
The École Royale Militaire Noble Education, Institutional Innovation, and Royal Charity, 1750 –1788
Haroldo A. Guízar University of York York, UK
War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 ISBN 978-3-030-45930-7 ISBN 978-3-030-45931-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45931-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my parents, Haroldo and Deborah L. Guízar, with love. For their unflappable support for my research and work throughout the years.
Series Editors’ Preface
The century from 1750 to 1850 was a seminal period of change, not just in Europe but across the globe. The political landscape was transformed by a series of revolutions fought in the name of liberty—most notably in the Americas and France, of cour
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