This volume examines the role and significance of Scottish soldiers in France in the age of the Sun King, Louis XIV. The study examines the complex relationship of expatriate Scottish soldiers to their homeland and native sovereign, within the context of a changing environment for military employment.The amity of the so-called 'auld' alliance meant little in an age of rapid development in the relationship between armies and the states they served.Caught in the middle were a number of Scots, attempting to perpetuate traditional modes of employment abroad. They found themselves the target of...

The first full-scale, scholarly analysis of the political, religious, and social rationale that underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688, this work explains the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context through the use of rich biographical and historical detail. By examining William of Orange s role as an international Protestant politician, his relationship with the Elector of Brandenburg and Britain s James II, and the response of all three to the persecution of the Huguenots, the international significance of confessional faith to the...

The first full-scale, scholarly analysis of the political, religious, and social rationale that underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688, this work explains the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context through the use of rich biographical and historical detail. By examining William of Orange s role as an international Protestant politician, his relationship with the Elector of Brandenburg and Britain s James II, and the response of all three to the persecution of the Huguenots, the international significance of confessional faith to the...