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5 The geopolitics of the Enterprise of Scotland
Abstract
This chapter explores the nature of France's grand strategic difficulties in the War of Spanish Succession. The French army expanded to a real strength of about 255,000 men during the War of Spanish Succession. The disasters that befell French arms cut both ways with respect to the renewed attempt to convince the High Council to renew the Enterprise of Scotland. For all its failure and subsequent disappointments, the politics and geopolitics of the Scots expedition offers some valuable insights into the interaction between the French state and one of its most potent clients. There were institutional dynamics that engaged with the Entreprise d'Écosse in a way as profoundly to influence its development. Chamillart became an advocate of the Entreprise d'Écosse. This profoundly changed the dynamics of the debate on matters Scots in the Conseil d'en Haut coming up to the crucial meetings to decide on France's grand strategy for 1708.
Abstract
This chapter explores the nature of France's grand strategic difficulties in the War of Spanish Succession. The French army expanded to a real strength of about 255,000 men during the War of Spanish Succession. The disasters that befell French arms cut both ways with respect to the renewed attempt to convince the High Council to renew the Enterprise of Scotland. For all its failure and subsequent disappointments, the politics and geopolitics of the Scots expedition offers some valuable insights into the interaction between the French state and one of its most potent clients. There were institutional dynamics that engaged with the Entreprise d'Écosse in a way as profoundly to influence its development. Chamillart became an advocate of the Entreprise d'Écosse. This profoundly changed the dynamics of the debate on matters Scots in the Conseil d'en Haut coming up to the crucial meetings to decide on France's grand strategy for 1708.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of illustrations and maps viii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Abbreviations, dates, spelling and punctuation xi
- 1 Britain’s lost revolution and the historians 1
- 2 March 1708 and its aftermath 14
- 3 The Jacobite underground in the early eighteenth century 73
- 4 The Scots Jacobite agenda, 1702–10 109
- 5 The geopolitics of the Enterprise of Scotland 150
- 6 Conclusion 198
- Bibliography 202
- Index 214
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of illustrations and maps viii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Abbreviations, dates, spelling and punctuation xi
- 1 Britain’s lost revolution and the historians 1
- 2 March 1708 and its aftermath 14
- 3 The Jacobite underground in the early eighteenth century 73
- 4 The Scots Jacobite agenda, 1702–10 109
- 5 The geopolitics of the Enterprise of Scotland 150
- 6 Conclusion 198
- Bibliography 202
- Index 214
