The military revolution and political change origins of democracy and autocracy in early modern Europe /
To examine the long-run origins of democracy and dictatorship, Brian Downing focuses on the importance of medieval political configurations and of military modernization in the early modern period. He maintains that in late medieval times an array of constitutional arrangements distinguished Western...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1992.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: Medieval Origins of Constitutional Government
- Chapter Three: The Military Revolution
- Chapter Four: Brandenburg-Prussia
- Chapter Five: France
- Chapter Six: Poland
- Chapter Seven: England
- Chapter Eight: Sweden
- Chapter Nine: The Dutch Republic
- Chapter Ten: Conclusions
- Selected Bibliography
- Social Science
- Medieval European History
- Modern European History
- Military History
- Austria
- China
- England
- France
- Japan
- The Netherlands
- Poland
- Prussia and Germany
- Russia
- Sweden
- Venice
- Index