MHIS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wage War, Early Modern Europe, Endemic Warfare
22 Aug 2018
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Outline: towards a monopoly on violence. Louis xv of france (1715-74: rituals of retribution, regimented violence, william louis, count of nassau (1606-20, maurice of nassau, prince of orange (1618-25, gustavus adolphus, king of sweden (1611-32) Today: focus on the emergence of the state in emp, larger kingdoms starting to be uni ed england + scotland, spain, Towards a monopoly on violence: louis xv nearly assassinated fails, damien is captured, damien convicted of regicide and executed on 2nd march. 2 more horses a brought; still doesn"t work. Rituals of retribution: state was the institution that could exercise violence within it"s own boundaries, only from late-16th c does the state control judicial violence. Up until this point, justice was often privatised in eme (early modern europe). There was an operating of private justice and vendetta. Wealth of govt. increases; spends it on the exercise of violence and power: states have more money to spend on the pursuit of justice".
