Birth of the leviathan : building states and regimes in medieval and early modern Europe /
This book presents a new theory of statebuilding in medieval and early modern Europe. Ertman argues that two factors - the organization of local government at the time of state formation and the timing of sustained geomilitary competition - can explain most of the variation in political regimes and...
| Основен автор: | Ertman, Thomas. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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Birth of the leviathan |
Съдържание:
- I. Introduction. Early Modern States: Four Types. Competing Explanations. Explaining Variations in Early Modern States: The Argument
- 2. The Origins of Patrimonial Absolutism in Latin Europe. The Late Roman Empire and Early State Formation in Visigoth Spain, Lombard Italy, and Merovingian and Carolingian Gaul. Economic and Ecclesiastical Renewal and the Rebirth of Royal Power in Latin Europe. Early Geopolitical Competition, Representative Assemblies, and the Creation of Systems of National Taxation. The Impact of War and Taxes on Finance and Administration: The Beginnings of Patrimonial Absolutism
- 3. The Triumph of Patrimonial Absolutism and the Failure of Reform in Latin Europe, c. 1500-1789. War and the Triumph of Patrimonial Absolutism in France, 1494-1659. Patrimonial Absolutism in Iberia and Italy, 1492-1789. The "Reform" of Patrimonial Absolutism Under Colbert and Louis XIV, 1660-1714. Geopolitical Pressures, the Failure of Reform, and the End of Patrimonial Absolutism, 1715-1791
- 4. Bureaucratic Constitutionalism in Britain. Unencumbered State Formation, Early Geopolitical Pressure, and a Precocious Attempt at Shared Rule, c. 400-1453. Deepening Patrimonialism and Its Temporary Demise, 1453-1659. The Restoration and the English "Revolution in Government," 1660-1688. The Consolidation of the New British State After 1689
- 5. Bureaucratic Absolutism in Germany. Failed Dark Age Statebuilding, Empire, and the Emergence of Territorial States in Germany, 511-c. 1450. Representative Institutions, Geopolitical Competition, and the Consolidation of Bureaucratic Absolutism in the German Territorial States, c. 1450-1789. The Limits and Contradictions of Bureaucratic Absolutism: The Case of Brandenburg-Prussia
- 6. The Triumph of Patrimonial Constitutionalism in Hungary and Poland and its Premature Demise in Scandinavia. Unencumbered State Formation and the Consolidation of Local Elite Self-Government in Hungary and Poland, c. 1000-1387. The Advent of Sustained Geopolitical Competition and the Triumph of Patrimonial Constitutionalism in Hungary and Poland, 1387-1648. Internal and External Threats to Patrimonial Constitutionalism in Hungary and Poland, 1648-1795. Abortive Patrimonial Constitutionalism in Scandinavia
- 7. Conclusion.