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Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

For many years scholars have sought to explain why the European states that emerged in the period before the French Revolution developed along such different lines. Why did some states become absolutist and others constitutionalist? What enabled some to develop bureaucratic administrative systems, while others remained dependent upon patrimonial practices? This book presents a new theory of state-building in medieval and early modern Europe. Ertman argues that two factors--local government and sustained geo-military competition--can explain most of the variation found across the continent.

Country	USA
Author	Thomas Ertman
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521484275
Edition	0
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0521484278
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	380
PublicationDate	1997-01-13
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Studio	Cambridge University Press
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Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe