Prof Guy Rowlands
Professor of History
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 2886
- gr30@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Location
- St Katharine's Lodge
- Office hours
- MO4912 by appointment, MO3214 Monday 11am to 12pm, MO1007 Tuesday 11am to 12pm
Research areas
My principal research interests lie in the history of war; in the emergence of the modern European state in the late 17th and early 18th centuries during an era of intense warfare; and the nature and development of international relations in the period 1598-1792. My primary focus thus far has been upon France, the greatest power of the age, during the personal rule of Louis XIV (1661-1715) and the regency for Louis XV (1715-23): my work has so far looked primarily at the armed forces and the financial systems associated with the French state during this period. I have also been widening the scope of my research to take in the longer time-frame of 1589-1789 while also increasing my geographical range to take in aspects of the history of Britain, the Holy Roman Empire, northern Italy, the Spanish empire and Switzerland.
PhD supervision
- Stanislas Zagun
- Andrew Simpson
- Michael Fraser
- Benoit Nathaniel Quentin Gaume
Selected publications
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The fiscal-military constitution of Bourbon France in comparative perspective
Rowlands, G. R., 10 Mar 2022, The Habsburg monarchy as a fiscal-military state: contours and perspectives 1648-1815. Godsey, W. D. & Mat'a, P. (eds.). Oxford: OUP/British Academy, p. 60-84 25 p. (Proceedings of the British Academy; vol. 247).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The capitalisation of foreign mercenaries in Louis XIV’s France
Rowlands, G. R., 1 Dec 2021, Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges / The capitalisation of war : Kriegsunternehmer im Spätmittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit / Military entrepreneurs in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. Meinhardt, M. & Meumann, M. (eds.). Münster: Lit-Verlag, p. 119-132 14 p. (Herrschaft und soziale Systeme in der Frühen Neuzeit; vol. 13).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Keep right on to the end of the road: the stamina of the French army in the War of the Spanish Succession
Rowlands, G. R., 1 Feb 2018, The War of the Spanish Succession: new perspectives. Schaich, M. & Pohlig, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, (Studies of the German Historical Institute London).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Life after death in foreign lands: Louis XIV and Anglo-American historians
Rowlands, G. R., 22 Jun 2018, Penser l'après Louis XIV. Histoire, mémoires, représentations (1715-2015). Externbrink, S. & Levillain, C.-E. (eds.). Paris: Honoré Champion, p. 179-210 (Dix-Huitième Siècle).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Royal finances in the Third Reign of Louis XIV
Rowlands, G. R., 1 Dec 2016, The Third Reign of Louis XIV, c.1682-1715. Prest, J. & Rowlands, G. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 38-52 15 p. (Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The third reign of Louis XIV, c. 1682-1715
Prest, J. T. (Editor) & Rowlands, G. R. (Editor), 1 Dec 2016, London; New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 224 p. (Politics and culture in Europe, 1650-1750)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Géostrategie et poids de guerre à la fin du règne de Louis XIV
Rowlands, G. R., 2015, Combattre et gouverner. Dynamiques de l’histoire militaire de l’époque moderne (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. Fonck, B. & Genet-Rouffiac, N. (eds.). Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, p. 261-266 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Les armées de Louis XIV comme sociétés de cour
Rowlands, G. R., Jun 2015, Combattre et gouverner: Dynamiques de l’histoire militaire de l’époque moderne (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles). Fonck, B. & Genet-Rouffiac, N. (eds.). Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, p. 281-296 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Agency government in Louis XIV’s France: the military treasurers of the elite forces
Rowlands, G., 1 May 2014, War, entrepreneurs, and the state in Europe and the Mediterranean, 1300-1800. Fynn-Paul, J. (ed.). Leiden: Brill, p. 215-234 20 p. (History of warfare; vol. 97).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Dangerous and dishonest men: the international bankers of Louis XIV's France
Rowlands, G., 19 Nov 2014, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 265 p. (Palgrave studies in the history of finance)Research output: Book/Report › Book