Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of the House of Amadeus VII of Savoy (1383–1391) through the rich accounts of the war treasury available for this period. Reflecting on both “ideas” and “weapons”, this study focuses on the importance of the administrative innovations proposed...

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spelling cairn-RMA_211_0127RMALe Moyen Âge https://shs.cairn.info/revue-le-moyen-age-2015-1-page-127?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rma.211.0127 Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391) Biolzi, Roberto2015 Amadeus VIILouis ISavoytreasuryWarfre Le Moyen Âge | CXXI | 1 | 2015-07-09 | p. 127-143 | 0027-2841 RMA_21159 The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of the House of Amadeus VII of Savoy (1383–1391) through the rich accounts of the war treasury available for this period. Reflecting on both “ideas” and “weapons”, this study focuses on the importance of the administrative innovations proposed by Amadeus VII, particularly in the administrative management of war and recruiting of officers to staff the treasury. The principal merit of this study is to precisely calculate the costs and the number of personnel that the prince employed for his military policy, numbering on the scale of ten expeditions during a reign that lasted only eight years. We will then compare the numbers drawn from these accounts to those from the middle of the 15th century, a period during which war played an essential role, according to recent historiography, in the financial crisis of the duchy of Louis 1st of Savoy.Cairn free access
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topic Amadeus VII
Louis I
Savoy
treasury
War
spellingShingle Amadeus VII
Louis I
Savoy
treasury
War
Biolzi, Roberto
Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
topic_facet Amadeus VII
Louis I
Savoy
treasury
War
description The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of the House of Amadeus VII of Savoy (1383–1391) through the rich accounts of the war treasury available for this period. Reflecting on both “ideas” and “weapons”, this study focuses on the importance of the administrative innovations proposed by Amadeus VII, particularly in the administrative management of war and recruiting of officers to staff the treasury. The principal merit of this study is to precisely calculate the costs and the number of personnel that the prince employed for his military policy, numbering on the scale of ten expeditions during a reign that lasted only eight years. We will then compare the numbers drawn from these accounts to those from the middle of the 15th century, a period during which war played an essential role, according to recent historiography, in the financial crisis of the duchy of Louis 1st of Savoy.
author Biolzi, Roberto
author_facet Biolzi, Roberto
author_sort Biolzi, Roberto
title Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
title_short Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
title_full Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
title_fullStr Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
title_full_unstemmed Les guerres d’Amédée VII de Savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
title_sort les guerres d’amédée vii de savoie : coûts et administration militaire (1378–1391)
publishDate 2015
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