HIS-1700 Lecture 6: Feb 7 - Politics and Power in Early Modern Europe
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Powerful kings and queens: hapsburg, tudors, valois. Models for monarchy: absolute spain, france, constitutional england (not uncontested) Power of church subordinated to power of monarch. Faith and language linked to national identity: a national identity did not wipe out regional loyalty. Aristocrats supported, rather than opposed, monarchs: the actually went to work for the monarch. Links between taxes and military power: you have to keep on taxing to keep the military funded. Rise of (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:272)reased (cid:373)o(cid:374)ar(cid:272)h"s po(cid:449)er a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)ta(cid:454)es & patro(cid:374)age(cid:895) New-style armies owed direct allegiance to monarchs. Spain: united aristocracy and church behind monarch, success supported by wealth of huge empire, forged ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) through religio(cid:374) (cid:894)ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) catholi(cid:272)is(cid:373)(cid:895), (cid:862)(cid:271)lood(cid:863) (cid:894) pa(cid:374)ish(cid:895), a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:373)argi(cid:374)alizatio(cid:374) of (cid:862)others(cid:863) je(cid:449)s a(cid:374)d musli(cid:373)s(cid:895, lacked commercial development. France: largest population in europe, reduced power of aristo(cid:272)rats a(cid:374)d (cid:862)estates(cid:863, usi(cid:374)g (cid:862)raiso(cid:374) d" etat(cid:863), (cid:272)o(cid:374)solidated po(cid:449)er i(cid:374) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ar(cid:272)h.
