Brill Academic Pub, Date: 2004. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 292 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. 2004. Brill Academic Pub ISBN 900413865X 9789004138650 [GB]

ISBN10: 900413865X, ISBN13: 9789004138650, [publisher: Brill, Leiden] Hardcover 290 pages. 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 increasing pressures to commit wholeheartedly to one employer or another. The book surveys the history of Scottish soldiers' service on the continent generally, and in France in particular by examining the specific conditions of military service there in the Sun King's army.
[Warwick, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]