The emergence of the great powers, 1685-1715 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper & Brothers Publishers,
[1951]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Rise of modern Europe.
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Table of Contents:
- The instruments of high politics
- Dynastic policy and Realpolitik ; Diplomacy and diplomatic organization ; Armies and navies
- The world war of 1683-1699
- The first stage, 1683-1684 ; The war in the east ; Generalization of the war ; Turin, Ryswick, and Carlowitz
- The new balance of power
- The Great Northern War: first phase ; The war of the Spanish Succession: diplomatic background ; The campaigns in the west, 1701-1706 ; Charles XII: Poland, Saxony, Russia ; War and diplomacy, 1707-1712 ; The pacification of the west ; The end of Swedish hegemony ; Conclusion
- The shift of power in western Europe
- The administrative monarchy in France ; England: the "glorious revolution" ; The Dutch republic and the Venetian oligarchy ; Spain in decline
- The Hapsburg monarchy and middle Europe
- The rise of the Danubian monarchy ; The growth of Brandenburg-Prussia ; The collapse of the Swedish empire
- The reshaping of the east. The achievement of Peter the Great ; The Polish republic and the Ottoman empire
- Economics and war
- The demands of war ; The financial crisis ; Commerce and war ; Business as usual?
- The frontiers of knowledge. The thirst for knowledge ; L'esprit geometrique ; The triumphs of science ; The new cosmos: Newton and Fontenelle ; The advance of natural history ; The impact of foreign cultures ; The history of man
- The culture of the elite
- The Baroque style ; Origins of the Rococo ; Music of the High Baroque ; Mirrors for men
- Of God and man
- The spiritual crisis ; L'esprit geometrique and the idea of God ; The state church and the continuing Reformation ; The secularization of political thought.