TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - Cavalry regiments of the troops of Louis XIV. The stables at Fort Saint-Sébastien in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) 
AU  - Séverine HURARD
 
AU  - Olivier BAUCHET 
AB  - Excavations carried out in 2012 on a 28-hectare field in Saint-Germain-en-Laye led to the discovery of numerous remains of the Saint-Sebastien fort. In the space of just two years (1669-1670), two successive encampments and a series of fortifications made it possible to train between 16,000 and 30,000 men from Louis XIV’s military household in siege warfare. The stables of the two encampments are a rare and extensive opportunity for archaeology to study cavalry camps. Archaeology triggered an investigation that mobilised the biological sciences, archives and geography to better understand the complex warfare society of the late 17th century. Saddlehorses, packhorses, mules and other equidae are an integral part of the army. Their supply and maintenance largely determined the logistical organisation as well as the calendars of war. The remains of the stables provide valuable information on the spatial, social and economic organisation of the encampments. In peacetime, the stable at Saint-Sébastien, at the gates of Paris, was a military and political showcase for foreign diplomacy. It therefore shows a greater architectural display than it should have during the campaigns. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2025.1320 
JF  - Archaeology, Society and Environment 
KW  - Siege warfare, cavalry, encampments, supply, carpentry, Guerre de siège, cavalerie, campements, approvisionnement, charpenterie,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_ase26v6n1_4.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2025/06/30 
SN  - 2752-4507 
TT  - Régiments de cavalerie des troupes de Louis XIV. Les écuries du Fort Saint-Sébastien de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Cavalry-regiments-of-the-troops-of-Louis-XIV-The-stables-at-Fort-Saint 
IS  - Issue 1 
VL  - 6 
ER  -