The Military Revolution and Political Change
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The Military Revolution and Political Change

Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe

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The Military Revolution and Political Change

Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe

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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Information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780691024752
9780691078861
eBook ISBN
9780691222189
Topic
History
Subtopic
Russian History
Index
History
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.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter One: Introduction
  9. Chapter Two: Medieval Origins of Constitutional Government
  10. Chapter Three: The Military Revolution
  11. Chapter Four: Brandenburg-Prussia
  12. Chapter Five: France
  13. Chapter Six: Poland
  14. Chapter Seven: England
  15. Chapter Eight: Sweden
  16. Chapter Nine: The Dutch Republic
  17. Chapter Ten: Conclusions
  18. Selected Bibliography
  19. Index

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