Full Title
SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
0391-6987 (Printed Journal)
1972-5515 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
174
Journal Issue Designation
174
Journal Issue Date
2021
Full Title
Charles de Bussy e gli avventurieri "francesi" in India (1746-1806)
By (author)
First Page
673
Last Page
699
Language of text
Italian
Publication Date
2022/01
Copyright
2021 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
Nonostante sia impossibile considerare l'antico impero coloniale della Francia come un insieme omogeneo, l'Autore sostiene che nel subcontinente indiano vi sia una sostanziale continuità fra le politiche asiatiche di Antico regime e quelle della Rivoluzione. In India, in particolare, la rivalità coloniale e commerciale con la Gran Bretagna, infatti, ha prevalso sulla politica rivoluzionaria, con una prassi che è rimasta nella sostanza invariata. In questo articolo si fornisce un approccio comparatistico dell'attività politica e militare degli ufficiali e aventuriers francesi nel contesto delle guerre anglo-franco-indiane. In particolare ci si sofferma sulla figura di Charles de Bussy (1718?-1785), ufficiale della Compagnie des Indes e quindi governatore generale francese in India, tentando di raffrontare la sua politica indiana sia con quella del suo più celebre contemporaneo Joseph-François Dupleix (1697-1763), sia con quella degli avventurieri "francesi" che hanno operato al servizio dei sovrani indiani fra il 1763 e il 1806
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