The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 68
... Dutch , Spain's economy - and its corresponding ability to pay the mutiny - prone Army of Flanders - had suffered even more , and at last caused Madrid to agree to the truce of 1609 . Yet if the conflict had tested Dutch resources , it ...
... Dutch , Spain's economy - and its corresponding ability to pay the mutiny - prone Army of Flanders - had suffered even more , and at last caused Madrid to agree to the truce of 1609 . Yet if the conflict had tested Dutch resources , it ...
Page 87
... Dutch were struggling to hold their own against a number of rivals . The adoption of mercantilist policies by Cromwell's England and Colbert's France hurt Dutch commerce and shipping . For all the tactical brilliance of commanders like ...
... Dutch were struggling to hold their own against a number of rivals . The adoption of mercantilist policies by Cromwell's England and Colbert's France hurt Dutch commerce and shipping . For all the tactical brilliance of commanders like ...
Page 101
... Dutch relations had deteriorated into open hostilities by 1665 ( the Second Anglo - Dutch War ) . Although France was pledged to support the United Provinces , it actually played little part in the cam- paigns at sea and instead ...
... Dutch relations had deteriorated into open hostilities by 1665 ( the Second Anglo - Dutch War ) . Although France was pledged to support the United Provinces , it actually played little part in the cam- paigns at sea and instead ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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