Abstract
This chapter is originally written to answer a claim in the history of science, that there was a in the late 1600s that came to an end sometime around 1700. It discusses more about generals than about common soldiers and focuses a prosopographic study of the French general officer corps by Andre Corvisier. Even though the youngest general of the sample is separated from the oldest by 77 years, members of a Generation of 1683 dominate the group. In the spring of 1635, the president of the Court War Council, Field Marshal Count Gallas v. Gallenstein, warned his emperor that Colonel Alessandro Borres was being actively recruited by the Spanish Habsburgs. This experienced engineer was so vital to the army that his master should consider allocating the next available regiment to the Tuscan veteran. Keywords:Andre Corvisier; generals; Generation of 1683; Habsburgs; prosopographic study; Scientific Revolution
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