Prof Guy Rowlands

Prof Guy Rowlands

Professor of History

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2886
Email
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, MO3038 Tuesday 2.30pm to 3.30pm

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Research areas

My principal research interests lie in the history of war; in the emergence of the modern EuropeanÌýstate 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 focusÌýthus far has beenÌýupon France, the greatest power of the age,Ìýduring 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 empireÌýand Switzerland.

PhD supervision

  • MichaelÌýFraser
  • AndrewÌýSimpson
  • StanislasÌýZagun

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Rowlands, G., 26 Mar 2026, In: Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles. 28, p. 1-25

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Rowlands, G. R., 22 Aug 2024, Officers, entrepreneurs, career migrants, and diplomats: military entrepreneurs in the early modern world. Rogger, P. & Holenstein, A. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 208-231 24 p. (History of warfare; vol. 145).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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