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Paul Hoste (1652–1700) was a Jesuit priest and naval tactician who produced the first major work on naval tactics. Born at Brest in 1652, he was trained by the Jesuits and became Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Seminary at Toulon where he died in 1700, aged 48. He spent twelve years at sea with Victor Marie, duc d'Estrées, Montemart, Duc de Vienne and Anne Hilarion de Tourville during which time he analysed the practical limitations of ship handling and sought to create a system of sailing. Brian Tunstall〔Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail, 1990, p59, ISBN 0-7858-1426-4〕 considers him the greatest of all the French tactical theorists. ==L'Art des Armées Navales ou Traité des Évolutions Navales== ''L'Art des Armées Navales ou Traité des Évolutions Navales'' ("Art of naval armies or treaty of naval evolutions") was published in Lyon in 1697, dedicated to King Louis XIV who rewarded Hoste generously. It enjoyed immediate success and was republished in 1727. Hoste claims to have described all major sea battles from the time when galleys were supersede by broadside ships of the line. However, the list is not necessarily complete according to Jenkins,〔Jenkins, History of the French Navy, 1973, p21-68, ISBN 0-356-04196-4〕 who shows that although galleys were not strong enough to stand in the line of battle, they did form a part of battle fleets where they were used to tow damaged battleships out of the line. They remained in use in the calmer Mediterranean until at least 1700. In the preface to the first edition, Hoste declared that ''without evolutions, fleets were like barbarians who waged war without knowledge, without order, everything depending on caprice and chance.''〔Quoted in Tunstall, Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail, 1990, p59, ISBN 0-7858-1426-4〕 Evolutions provide a framework without which tactical opportunities cannot be seized. The book therefore claimed to show generals and other officers not only what was necessary, but also what was possible. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Hoste」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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