The French Military Reform During the Reign of Louis XIV

Autor u ovome radu stavlja naglasak na reformu francuske vojske u doba Luja XIV. Ujedno, prikazuje i francusko društvo tog vremena zahvaćeno s nizom reformi na upravnom, financijskom, sudskom i vjerskom planu koje znatno pridonose i samoj reformi francuske vojske. Upravo prožimanje niza reformi omogućuje Luju XIV. da upravlja s najvećom i najorganiziranijom vojskom u Europi tog doba. O ratobornosti Luja XIV. i želji za apsolutnom moći i samostalnošću svjedoči podatak koji govori da je od sedamdeset i dvije godine vladanja, Luj XIV. proveo čak pedeset u raznim ratovima. U konačnici, ovakva politika Luja XIV. prožeta stalnim ratovanjima dovela je do toga da je Francuska nakon njegove vladavine pred gospodarskim slomom, državna blagajna je prazna, a narod je izmučen stalnim ratovanjima i ogromnim porezima.In this thesis, the author focuses on the French military reform during the reign of Louis XIV. Along with that, the thesis also deals with the French society of that time, affected by numerous reforms in the administrative, financial, judicial and religious areas which further influenced the reform of the French military. These series of reforms allowed Louis XIV to govern the largest and the most organized army in Europe at that age. The fact that Louis XIV spent fifty years of his seventy-two-year-long reign in various wars shows his combative nature and his desire for absolute power and independence. Finally, Louis XIV’s warfare-based politics eventually led France towards an economic collapse following his rule, which resulted in the state treasury being empty and the people exhausted due to constant wars and enormous taxes