War and the State in Early Modern Europe: Spain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden as Fiscal-Military States

By Jan Glete

Book Overview

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. Jan Glete examines this military change as a central part of the political, social and economic transformation of early modern Europe

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415226457
• ISBN13: 9780415226455
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"