POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Knights Templar
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Thursday, september 24, 2015. Weber"s definition of a state (understand weber!) Sources of authority (3 of them) Bureaucratization of the modern state. Scene from ivanho - fight for power. Bandits that show up - claiming their right to self rule. Swearing- in ceremony of obama - hand on bible and becomes the leader. Individuals had their own authority. Tilly"s argument to that ^ From monarchs & templar knights => states. Through long process of war making. Not to create a world of weberian states. Kings didn"t have their own armies. Hire private armies => risky. Borrow from banking families - have access to capitals. Extract from population - collect taxes, raise taxes - rarely do tax rates go down after monarchs raise them for war. More efficient war- maker => more wins The more efficient you became a war maker, the more wins/victory control/keep territory. Those who weren"t efficient seize to be. History is always written by the winners.
