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War and the State in Early Modern Europe: Spain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden as Fiscal-Military States
Contributor(s): Glete, Jan (Author)
ISBN: 0415226449     ISBN-13: 9780415226448
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2001
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Annotation: The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. "War and the State in Early Modern Europe" examines this military change as a central part of the political, social and economic transformation of early modern Europe.
This important study exposes the economic structures necessary for supporting permanent military organisations across Europe.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - General
- History | Europe - General
- History | Modern - General
Dewey: 355.009
LCCN: 2001041856
Series: History of Feminism
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.16" W x 9.68" (1.23 lbs) 286 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Modern
 
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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. War and the State in Early Modern Europe examines this military change as a central part of the political, social and economic transformation of early modern Europe.
This important study exposes the economic structures necessary for supporting permanent military organisations across Europe. Large armed forces could not develop successfully without various interest groups who needed protection and were willing to pay for it. Arguing that early fiscal-military states were in fact protection-selling enterprises, the author focuses on:
* Spain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden
* the role of local elites
* the political and organisational aspects of this new military development