Social background of officers and other ranks in the French Army, 1750–1815

Social background of officers and other ranks in the French Army, 1750–1815 discusses career paths and social stratification in the French Army from the mid-eighteenth century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The Royal Army during the Ancien regime was recruited through volunteer enlistment.

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