Professor Dr. David Parrott

Biography

David Parrott is a professor specializing in Early Modern History at New College, University of Oxford. His research primarily focuses on seventeenth-century French history and the implications of military conflicts on state structures and society, particularly during the ministry of Cardinal Richelieu. His academic interests span international politics, the Thirty Years War, and the role of small states in European power dynamics from 1650. His work has been enriched by opportunities to lecture at Cambridge, prompting him to examine the challenges of military resource mobilization in early modern Europe. Between 2013 and 2016, he was awarded a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship, allowing him to delve back into seventeenth-century studies, particularly the political, military, and cultural environments surrounding Cardinal Mazarin’s second ministry and the return from exile in 1653. Parrott has authored numerous publications, currently finalizing a significant work on the year 1652, which he describes as a critical point in French political history.

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