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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... Spain resem- bled a large bear in the pit : more powerful than any of the dogs attack- ing it , but never able to ... Spain's own position in Europe . This calculation , however , did not seem to have applied in reverse . After Charles ...
... Spain resem- bled a large bear in the pit : more powerful than any of the dogs attack- ing it , but never able to ... Spain's own position in Europe . This calculation , however , did not seem to have applied in reverse . After Charles ...
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... Spain . For well over a century , they provided that regular addition to Spain's wealth , and thus to its military power , without which the Habsburg effort could not have been so extensively maintained . Even when the English and Dutch ...
... Spain . For well over a century , they provided that regular addition to Spain's wealth , and thus to its military power , without which the Habsburg effort could not have been so extensively maintained . Even when the English and Dutch ...
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... Spain : A Study of the Spanish System , 1580-1720 ( London / Boston , 1981 ) , p . 44 . 5. For example , Gattinara's declaration to Charles V that " God has set you on the path towards a world monarchy , " quoted in NCMH , vol . 2 , pp ...
... Spain : A Study of the Spanish System , 1580-1720 ( London / Boston , 1981 ) , p . 44 . 5. For example , Gattinara's declaration to Charles V that " God has set you on the path towards a world monarchy , " quoted in NCMH , vol . 2 , pp ...
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