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The Military Revolution and Political Change

Name: The Military Revolution and Political Change
ISBN: 9780691222189

Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe

Brian Downing,

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The Military Revolution and Political Change

Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe

Brian Downing,

About this book

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 Europe from other parts of the world and predisposed it toward liberal democracy. He then looks at how medieval constitutionalism was affected by the "military revolution" of the early modern era--the shift from small, decentralized feudal levies to large standing armies. Downing won the American Political Science Association's Gabriel Almond Award for the dissertation on which this book was based.

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Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

2020

Print ISBN

9780691024752, 9780691078861

eBook ISBN

Topic

Subtopic

Index

Medieval 

Constitutionalism 

•

55

economic 

growth, 

onerous 

responsibilities 

shifted 

onto 

the

state. 

The

in-

tensity 

of

war

and

the

availability 

of

outside 

resources 

determined 

if

the

constitutional 

state 

could 

endure 

and

serve 

as

a

basis 

for

liberal 

democ-

racy, 

or

if,

like 

too

many 

other 

medieval 

edifices, 

it

would 

be

destroyed

and

replaced 

by

a

less 

decorous 

though 

eminently 

functional 

construc-

tion.

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
Index

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