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===The Corps du génie (Corps of Military Engineering)===
===The Corps du génie (Corps of Military Engineering)===
====A. Transition from the freelance Renaissance artist-engineer to a member of an organization
====A. Transition from the freelance Renaissance artist-engineerto a member of an organization====
The Corps du genie (Corps of Miltary Engineering)====
The Corps du genie (Corps of Miltary Engineering)
• Fortress engineers: specialization in fortress building, better educated, more technical background 33% nobel
• Fortress engineers: specialization in fortress building, better educated, more technical background 33% nobel
• Siege (and trench engineers): vauban started here...millitary background nobles but not much experience. 64% nobels rudimentary education
• Siege (and trench engineers): vauban started here...millitary background nobles but not much experience. 64% nobels rudimentary education
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====E.Evolution to a Corps royal du genie====
====E.Evolution to a Corps royal du genie====
- Louis the 16th, praised nobility and made people have to have 4 degrees of nobility, the counter revolution begins before the revolution, a lot of causes
- Louis the 16th, praised nobility and made people have to have 4 degrees of nobility, the counter revolution begins before the revolution, a lot of causes
-Membership (%) of commoners in : 58% in 1692-1715, 1716-1747 55%; 1748-1777 43%; 1778-1791 25%,  
-Membership (%) of commoners in : 58% in 1692-1715, 1716-1747 55%; 1748-1777 43%; 1778-1791 25%,
 
 


==The Engineer Goes To School==
==The Engineer Goes To School==
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