Victor Amadeus II: Absolutism in the Savoyard State, 1675-1730 |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Regions of the Savoyard State | 18 |
The Institutions of Government | 54 |
The Ruler | 67 |
The First Years of Personal Rule and | 92 |
The War in Piedmont 16901696 | 106 |
The War of the Spanish Succession | 144 |
Negotiations for the Peace of Utrecht | 157 |
Sicily Sardinia and Foreign Relations | 171 |
The High Tide of Reform 17131730 | 190 |
List of Illustrations | 260 |
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administration alliance allies Alpine Alps Amadeus II's reign Amadeus's aristocracy attack Bourbon British government Carutti Casale Catinat central Chambéry Chambre des Comptes Charles Emanuel Church clergy clerical communities Costituzioni county of Nice diplomatic dispute dominated Duboin duchy of Savoy duke economic edict Emperor envoy feudal fiefs Finanza fiscal forces France Gropello Habsburg ibid idem Imperial industry institutions intendants Italian Italy king land levied lire Lombardy Louis XIV Mellarède Milan military ministers Mondovì Monferrato mountain negotiations nobility nobles officials Ormea peace percent perequazione Philip Piedmont Piedmontese Pinerolo political population Pragelato prince privileged Protestant provinces Quazza reforms regent regions revenues ruler Sardinia Savoyard Savoyard domains secolo Senate seventeenth century Sicilian Sicily silk Spanish state's Storia territory Tessé tion Torino trade treaty troops Turin Utrecht Val d'Aosta Valdesi valleys Vaudois Victor Amadeus II Victor Amadeus II's village Vittorio Amedeo Vittorio Amedeo II vols XIV's XVIIIe siècle