Military Power and the Dutch Republic: War, Trade and the Balance of Power in Europe, 1648-1813, Hoffenaar, Lemmers, Marc van Alphen, van der Spek

Автор: Winks
Название: Europe 1648-1815
ISBN: 0195154460 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195154467
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: In 1648, Europe was reeling from the destabilizing effects of religious conflict, economic change, and social upheaval. The issues that divided the Church in the late Middle Ages had forced Europeans to choose sides in a bitter and bloody Catholic/Protestant conflict. A powerful capitalist movement had broken down old social ties, leading to the near disappearance of serfdom in Western Europe and to the formation of a larger merchant class in the cities. The discoveries of the Scientific Revolution had begun to corrode old certainties about the universe, just as the exploration of the New World was revealing the existence of peoples, cultures, and even continents that would have been unimaginable to previous generations. In the face of such chaos, which led many to fear that society was heading towards an utter breakdown, the European elite engaged in a desperate effort to restore order. Between 1648 and 1750, peoples and governments throughout Europe sought to contain the shift toward anarchy through the reinforcement of religious orthodoxies, the strengthening of national states, and the stiffening of social hierarchies. But by the later eighteenth century, the success of this effort led paradoxically to new institutional and intellectual demands for change. The search for order had given way to a quest for progress. A new movement known as "the Enlightenment" was transforming the old order, and revolution was about to become a Western tradition. Europe, 1648-1815 is a concise narrative of this fascinating epoch in European history. Framing the events of the period in terms of two successive movements-the search for order and the pursuit of reform-this book surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural events of the period, from the rise of absolutism to the campaigns of Napoleon, from the creation of European empires in the Americas to the controversies of the Enlightenment. With numerous selections from primary sources, a detailed and updated bibliography, a chronology of the period, and numerous illustrations, Europe, 1648-1815 is indispensable for courses on Early Modern Europe. It can be used as a stand-alone textbook or in conjunction with supplementary readings.

Автор: Treasure
Название: The Making of Modern Europe, 1648-1780
ISBN: 113817436X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138174368
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This re-issue of a classic text brings this period to life for students of European history. It looks at Europe`s growth, economy, politics, war and religion, and studies the people, their beliefs and their environment. A must-have field text.

Автор: Treasure, G.r.r.
Название: Making of modern europe, 1648-1780
ISBN: 0415301556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415301558
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This re-issue of a classic text brings this period to life for students of European history. It looks at Europe`s growth, economy, politics, war and religion, and studies the people, their beliefs and their environment. A must-have field text.

Автор: Hennings Jan
Название: Russia and Courtly Europe: Ritual and the Culture of Diplomacy, 1648-1725
ISBN: 1107646138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107646131
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: An examination of dynastic courts, ritual and early modern diplomatic practice that explores Russian-European relations beyond the conventional East-West divide. Bringing to life the curiously complicated encounters between foreign diplomats, this book will appeal to readers interested in the new diplomatic history, early modern international relations and Russia`s place in world history.

Автор: Reider Payne
Название: War and Diplomacy in the Napoleonic Era: Sir Charles Stewart, Castlereagh and the Balance of Power in Europe
ISBN: 135019610X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350196100
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: The lives and careers of Sir Charles Stewart and his brother Lord Castlereagh take in a grand stage, from Britain and Ireland to the kingdoms and empires of western and central Europe. Throughout his life Stewart played a key role in shaping Europe: his is a Regency drama beyond anything imagined by Jane Austen: warfare, diplomacy, affairs, royal scandal, a romantic and brilliant marriage, and a brother’s suicide. Stewart was at the heart of some of history’s greatest events which took him from the bloodiest actions of the Napoleonic Wars to the palaces of Europe’s ruling dynasties. For an all too brief period, Stewart blazed across the battlefields and chancelleries of Europe, enjoying a meteoric rise to the highest positions and influence, in a career indelibly linked to his brother’s and one which is virtually unique. Stewart even found time to enjoy his share of scandal, from affairs and parties in Vienna to running a spy network which aimed to charge a Princess of Wales with adultery. Reider Payne’s book is international in its scope and ambitions: with Stewart’s military and diplomatic theatre of operations including Portugal, Spain, Prussia, Saxony, France, Austria and the Austrian territories in Italy. Stewart sat at the heart of the intrigues and social circles of Regency England, and his life story offers an unrivalled viewpoint into the competing claims and demands of Europe’s courts.

Автор: Yorulmaz Naci
Название: Arming the Sultan
ISBN: 1780766335 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780766331
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Focusing on the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid between 1876 and 1909, the book explores the determining factors that influenced the development of the Ottoman armaments market.

Автор: Spence Daniel Owen
Название: History of the Royal Navy
ISBN: 1780765436 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780765433
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one. Britain s imperial power was inextricably tied to the strength of the Royal Navy the ability to protect and extend Britain s political and economic interests overseas, and to provide the vital bonds that connected the metropole with the colonies. This book will examine the intrinsic relationship between the Royal Navy and the empire, by examining not only the navy s expansionist role on land and sea, but also the ideological and cultural influence it exerted for both the coloniser and colonised. The navy s voyages of discovery created new scientific knowledge and inspired art, literature and film. Using the model of the Royal Navy, colonies began to develop their own navies, many of which supported the Royal Navy in the major conflicts of the twentieth century. Daniel Owen Spence here provides a history of the navy s role in empire from the earliest days of colonisation to the present-day Commonwealth. In doing so, he shows how the relationship between the navy and the empire played a part in shaping the globalised society we inhabit today."

Автор: Ronald C. Po
Название: The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire
ISBN: 110844072X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108440721
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: In this revisionist history of the eighteenth-century Qing Empire from a maritime perspective, Po argues that it is reductive to view China over this period exclusively as a continental power with little interest in the sea. Instead, the Qing deliberately engaged with the maritime world politically, militarily, and conceptually.

Автор: Cutterham Tom
Название: Gentlemen Revolutionaries: Power and Justice in the New American Republic
ISBN: 0691172668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691172668
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: "In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen--the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowners who comprised the independent republic`s elite--worked hard to maintain their positions of power. Gentlemen Revolutionaries shows how their struggles over status, hierarchy, property, and control shaped the ideologies and institutions of the fledgling nation. Tom Cutterham examines how, facing pressure from populist movements as well as the threat of foreign empires, these gentlemen argued among themselves to find new ways of justifying economic and political inequality in a republican society. At the heart of their ideology was a regime of property and contract rights derived from the norms of international commerce and eighteenth-century jurisprudence. But these gentlemen were not concerned with property alone. They also sought personal prestige and cultural preeminence. Cutterham describes how, painting the egalitarian freedom of the republic`s `lower sort` as dangerous licentiousness, they constructed a vision of proper social order around their own fantasies of power and justice. In pamphlets, speeches, letters, and poetry, they argued that the survival of the republican experiment in the United States depended on the leadership of worthy gentlemen and the obedience of everyone else. Lively and elegantly written, Gentlemen Revolutionaries demonstrates how these elites, far from giving up their attachment to gentility and privilege, recast the new republic in their own image"--Provided by publisher.

Автор: Ingram Edward
Название: The British Empire as a World Power: Ten Studies
ISBN: 1138011118 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138011113
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The essays redefine Great Britain as a world power and reinterpret the tensions that underpinned its grand strategy during its imperial heyday.

Автор: T.G. Otte
Название: British World Policy and the Projection of Global Power, c.1830–1960
ISBN: 1107198852 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107198852
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This volume throws into sharp relief the material elements of British power, such as economic, military and naval force, but also its less tangible components, such as financial and diplomatic ties. It deepens our understanding of the global nature of British power.

Автор: Gjert Lage Dyndal
Название: Land Based Air Power or Aircraft Carriers?: A Case Study of the British Debate about Maritime Air Power in the 1960s
ISBN: 1409433358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409433354
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: During the 1960s the British government had to grapple with complex political and military problems in order to find a strategic defence policy that was both credible and affordable. This book charts the arguments that raged between supporters of a land based air power strategy, and those who favoured aircraft carriers.