Glozier, Matthew

PERSONAL:

Education: University of Sydney, B.A., 1993, M.Phil., 1997; University of Western Sydney, Ph.D., 2002.

CAREER:

University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, lecturer in early modern history; Australian National University, Canberra, researcher. Has taught at Macquarie University, Sydney, and the Centre for Continuing Education, Sydney University.

MEMBER:

Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland (fellow), Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (fellow), Huguenot Society of Australia (cofounder).

AWARDS, HONORS:

Huguenot Research Award, University of London, 1999; Commonwealth Research Scholarship, 2002.

WRITINGS:

The Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688: The Lions of Judah, Sussex Academic Press (Portland, OR), 2002.

Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King: Nursery for Men of Honour, Brill (Boston, MA), 2004.

Marshal Schomberg, 1615-1690, "The Ablest Soldier of His Age": International Soldiering and the Formation of State Armies in the Seventeenth-Century Europe, Sussex Academic Press (Portland, OR), 2005.

(Editor, with David Onnekink) War, Religion and Service: Huguenot Soldiering, 1685-1713, Ashgate (Burlington, VT), 2007.

Author of articles for scholarly journals, including the Scottish Historical Review. Contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

SIDELIGHTS:

Matthew Glozier is a professor of military history whose first book was The Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688: The Lions of Judah. The work deals with the Dutch army—a topic many historians feel has been neglected due to the fact that the Netherlands has always been considered a naval power. However, in 1688, many Huguenots (French Protestants) had fled to the Dutch Republic to escape persecution; many of these were soldiers who found work in the army, which was gearing up for an invasion of England. Later, a steady stream of these soldiers settled in newly Protestant sections of Ireland, where William III gave them land and pensions. Of particular concern to Glozier are the socioeconomic backgrounds of the soldiers. They were overwhelmingly comprised of the lower nobility and infused with deep religious beliefs. "The strength of Glozier's book is its broad approach," wrote David Onnekink in Albion, "the author is not interested in purely military, but also social and religious aspects" in what Onnekink concluded was "a modest but fascinating book."

In Marshal Schomberg, 1615-1690, "The Ablest Soldier of His Age": International Soldiering and the Formation of State Armies in Seventeenth-Century Europe, Glozier provides a biography of Frederick Herman von Schomberg, a German-born soldier who fought in many armies in wars beginning with the Thirty Years' War and ending with the Nine Years' War. He was born into a staunch Protestant family and eventually left his adopted country, France, because of it, even though he had fought for Catholic rulers. In 1688 he fought with William of Orange in the Glorious Revolution. The book "effectively weaves together the captivating story of Schomberg's life and broader political events from the Thirty Years' War to the Glorious Revolution," wrote Ryan Pederson in a review for the Canadian Journal of History.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Albion, February, 2004, David Onnekink, review of The Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688: The Lions of Judah; spring, 2004, Robin D. Gwynn, review of The Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, p. 130.

Canadian Journal of History, autumn, 2007, Ryan Pederson, review of Marshal Schomberg, 1615-1690, "The Ablest Soldier of His Age": International Soldiering and the Formation of State Armies in Seventeenth-Century Europe, p. 301.

Choice, May, 2006, G.F. Steckley, review of Marshal Schomberg, 1615-1690, "The Ablest Soldier of His Age", p. 1669.

English Historical Review, February, 2004, John Childs, review of The Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, p. 217.

International History Review, March, 2006, David Parrott, review of Marshal Schomberg, 1615-1690, "The Ablest Soldier of His Age", p. 151.

Journal of Military History, April, 2005, Edward M. Furgol, review of Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King: Nursery for Men of Honor, pp. 543-545.

Reference & Research Book News, May, 2003, review of The Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688; August, 2004, review of Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King, p. 40; August, 2005, review of Marshal Schomberg, 1615-1690, "The Ablest Soldier of His Age", p. 285.

Sixteenth Century Journal, summer, 2006, Jennifer Powell McNutt, review of Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King, p. 467.