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. |
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... Modern World System , vol . 1 , ch . 3 ; V. G. Kiernan , " State and Nation in Western Europe , " Past and Present , vol . 31 ( 1965 ) , pp . 20–38 ; J. H. Shennan , The Origins of the Modern European State 1450-1725 ( London , 1974 ) ...
... Modern World System , vol . 1 , ch . 3 ; V. G. Kiernan , " State and Nation in Western Europe , " Past and Present , vol . 31 ( 1965 ) , pp . 20–38 ; J. H. Shennan , The Origins of the Modern European State 1450-1725 ( London , 1974 ) ...
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... Modern History , vol . 44 ( 1972 ) , pp . 319-45 — which echoes some of the remarks in his Austria , Brit- ain and the Crimean War : The Destruction of the European Concert ( Ithaca , N.Y. , 1972 ) . 42. Quoted in C. McEvedy , The ...
... Modern History , vol . 44 ( 1972 ) , pp . 319-45 — which echoes some of the remarks in his Austria , Brit- ain and the Crimean War : The Destruction of the European Concert ( Ithaca , N.Y. , 1972 ) . 42. Quoted in C. McEvedy , The ...
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... Modern Russia . Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1983 edn . Kocka , J. Facing Total War : German Society 1914-1918 . Leamington Spa , 1984 . Koenigsberger , H.G. , " The Empire of Charles V in Europe , " New Cambridge Modern History , vol . ii ...
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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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