Table of Contents

Introduction and *Chronology *Background to war *Warring sides *Outbreak *The fighting *Portrait of a soldier *The world around war *Portrait of a civilian *How the war ended *Conclusion and consequences

About the Author

The Revd Professor Richard Bonney is Professor of Modern History and Head of the Department of History at the University of Leicester. His books include ‘The European Dynastic States, 1494-1660’ (Oxford, OUP, 1991); (ed. and contributor), ‘Economic Systems and State Finance’ (OUP/ESF, 1995); ‘The Limits of Absolutism in ancien régime France’ (Variorum, 1995); (editor and contributor), ‘The Rise of the Fiscal State in Europe, c.1200-1815’ (Oxford University Press, 1999); joint editor and contributor with W.M. Ormrod and M.M. Bonney, ‘Crises, Revolutions and Self-Sustained Growth: Essays in European fiscal history, 1130-1830’ (Shaun Tyas, Stamford, UK, 1999)