@inbook{3b05f12f229e40ad92203a96f7512dd4,
title = "The capitalisation of foreign mercenaries in Louis XIV{\textquoteright}s France",
abstract = "This article examines the political, social, economic and human 'capital' that commanders of foreign forces brought into the service of Louis XIV of France when they took service under the Bourbon banner. It reveals how different mercenary formations enjoyed different financial settlements with the French government, and that this reflected a variety of factors. It also stresses the very different 'returns' to their capital that military enterprisers pursued in French service and received from the Sun King and his military system. While accumulation of 'capital' did drive some mercenary officers, others were seeking survival in exile or were driven at least in part by ideological motivations that cannot be encapsulated in material sociological explanations.",
keywords = "War, Mercenaries, Louis XIV, France, Early modern history",
author = "Rowlands, {Guy Robert}",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783643101082",
series = "Herrschaft und soziale Systeme in der Fr{\"u}hen Neuzeit",
publisher = "Lit-Verlag",
pages = "119--132",
editor = "Matthias Meinhardt and Markus Meumann",
booktitle = "Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges / The capitalisation of war",
}