Absolutism in seventeenth-century Europe
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Absolutism in seventeenth-century Europe
(Problems in focus series)
Macmillan Education, 1990
- : hard
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 225-260
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Most Seventeenth Century European Monarchs ruled territories which were culturally and institutionally diverse. Forced by the escalating scale of war to mobilise evermore men and money they tried to bring these territories under closer control, overriding regional and sectional liberties. This was justified by a theory stressing the monarchs absolute power and his duty to place the good of his state before particular interests. The essays of this volume analyse this process in states at very different stages of economic and political development and assess the great gulf that often existed between the monarchs power in theory and in practice.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- J.Miller - Theory of Absolutism
- J.H.Burns - France
- R.Mettam - Castile
- I.A.A.Thompson - The Austrian Lands
- J.B renger - Brandenberg-Prussia
- H.W.Koch - Sweden
- A.F.Upton - Russia
- P.Longworth - Britain
- J.Miller - Bibliographical Notes - Notes and References - Notes on Contributors - Index
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