State formation in Europe, 843-1789 : a divided world /: a divided world. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sverre Bagge.
• Authors: Bagge, Sverre, 1942-
• Contents: INTRODUCTION * CHAPTER I. THE FORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN STATE SYSTEM * Warfare and State Formation: From the Age of Invasions to the Eighteenth Century * The State Made War but War did not Make the State * War within the Family – Politics and Diplomacy * Norms and Interests * Conclusion * CHAPTER II. THE FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN MONARCHY * What was a State? * The Basic Features of European Society * King and Aristocracy * The Formation of Dynasties * War and the State * The Finances * Towards a Monopoly of Violence: The Royal Courts of Law * The Central Administration * From Ugly Toes to the King’s Napkin * The Formation of the Sovereign State * King, Nobility and People, and the Idea of the Nation * The State and the People: the Peasant Rebellions * Conclusion * CHAPTER III. THE STATE AND ITS COMPETITORS * The Church and the Papal Monarchy * States without a King: Principalities and City Republics * The Medieval Foundations of the European State * Conclusion * CHAPTER IV. THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES * The Renaissance * The Reformation * Reformation and State Formation * The Great Discoveries and the Development of European Trade * Why did Europe Conquer the World? * Conclusion * CHAPTER V. ABSOLUTISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM * Capital Versus Coercion – England, The Dutch Republic and France * The Dutch Republic * Coercion and Capital * Towards Absolute Monarchy in France * The Development of Constitutional Government in England * The Difference between France and England * The Spanish Kingdoms * Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Agrarian States – the Case of Scandinavia * Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Agrarian States: Prussia, Austria and East Central Europe * Conclusion: Absolutism and Constitutionalism: Advantages and Disadvantages * CHAPTER VI. THE STATE AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT * Enlightened Despotism and Parliamentary Government * The Development of a Modern Bureaucracy * Conclusion * CONCLUSION: THE STATE OF THE OLD REGIME AND ITS LEGACY * REFERENCES *
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 940.1; State, The -- Origin; Europe -- History -- 476-1492; Europe -- History -- 1492-1648; Europe -- History -- 1648-1789
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429589539; 9780429591471; 9780429587597; 9780429196829
• Related ISBNs: 9780367185640; 9780367185626
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