War And The State In Early Modern Europe Paperback

Jan Glete

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

9780415226455

English

Taylor And Francis Ltd

27-Dec-01

288

A scholarly attempt to integrate the history of early modern state formation with early modern warfare in Europe.' - USI Journal