Early modern states faced numerous challenges in supporting their prisoners of war, not least the problems of remitting them money for their subsistence, which had to pass across hostile borders. Examining how the British state achieved this in the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–13) shows the limits of modern scholarship on state formation and its focus on administrative reform and domestic resource mobilisation. The projection of power continued to rely on international Huguenot and even Jacobite financial networks, held together by personal trust and private interests, sometimes even while they were working for the enemy. Success was achieved because British officials were able to tap into these networks through hubs such as London, Amsterdam, Paris and Madrid, and use them to maintain the flow of money abroad.

现代早期国家在支持战俘方面面临着许多挑战，尤其是为他们的生活汇款的问题，这些钱必须跨越敌对的边界。考察英国国家如何在西班牙王位继承战争（1702-13 年）中实现这一目标，可以看出现代学术对国家形成及其对行政改革和国内资源动员的关注的局限性。权力的投射继续依赖于国际胡格诺派甚至雅各布派金融网络，这些网络由个人信任和私人利益联系在一起，有时甚至在他们为敌人工作时也是如此。之所以取得成功，是因为英国官员能够通过伦敦、阿姆斯特丹、巴黎和马德里等枢纽进入这些网络，并利用它们来维持国外的资金流动。