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Battle of Rocroi

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Noun1.Battle of RocroiBattle of Rocroi - a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
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Thirty Years' War - a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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Parrott chooses as his first target the tendency of military historians to use the battle of Rocroi in 1643 as the starting point for discussions of the French role in the modernization of warfare, as well as their reliance upon printed manuals and literary sources instead of archival materials.
Richelieu's Army: War, Government and Society in France, 1624-1642. ... by Smither, James R. / Renaissance Quarterly
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