Page "François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois" Paragraph 6

The work of Louvois in these years is bound up with the historical development of the French army and of armies in general.

Here need only be mentioned Louvois's reorganization of the military orders of merit, his foundation of the Hôtel des Invalides, and the almost forcible enrollment of the nobility and gentry of France, in which Louvois carried out part of Louis's measures for curbing the spirit of independence by service in the army or at court.