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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... interest on past debts.24 When Charles abdicated , he bequeathed to Philip II an official Spanish debt of some 20 million ducats . Philip also inherited a state of war with France , but one which was so expensive that in 1557 the ...
... interest on past debts.24 When Charles abdicated , he bequeathed to Philip II an official Spanish debt of some 20 million ducats . Philip also inherited a state of war with France , but one which was so expensive that in 1557 the ...
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... interest far above those charged to the British and many other European governments . * Yet even this willingness to pay over the odds did not permit the Bourbon monarchs to secure the sums which were necessary to sustain an all - out ...
... interest far above those charged to the British and many other European governments . * Yet even this willingness to pay over the odds did not permit the Bourbon monarchs to secure the sums which were necessary to sustain an all - out ...
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... Interest , 1980-1985236 ( billions of dollars ) Deficit Debt 1980 59.6 914.3 1983 195.4 1,381.9 1985 202.8 1,823.1 Interest on Debt 52.5 87.8 129.0 The continuation of such trends , alarmed voices have pointed out , would push the U.S. ...
... Interest , 1980-1985236 ( billions of dollars ) Deficit Debt 1980 59.6 914.3 1983 195.4 1,381.9 1985 202.8 1,823.1 Interest on Debt 52.5 87.8 129.0 The continuation of such trends , alarmed voices have pointed out , would push the U.S. ...
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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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