War, State, and Society in England and the Netherlands 1477-1559OUP Oxford, 15 nov 2007 - 395 pagina's Exploring the effects of war on state power in early modern Europe, this book asks if military competition increased rulers' power over their subjects and forged more modern states, or if the strains of war broke down political and administrative systems. Comparing England and the Netherlands in the age of warrior princes such as Henry VIII and Charles V, it examines the development of new military and fiscal institutions, and asks how mobilization for war changed political relationships throughout society. Towns in England, such as Norwich, York, Exeter, and Rye, are compared with towns in the Netherlands, such as Antwerp, Leiden, 's-Hertogenbosch and Valenciennes, to see how the magistrates' relations with central government and the urban populace were modified by war. Great noblemen from the Howard and Percy families are set alongside their equivalents from the houses of Cro and Egmond to examine the role of recruitment, army command, and heroic reputation in maintaining noble power. The wider interactions of subjects and rulers in wartime are reviewed to measure how effectively war extended princes' claims on their subjects' loyalty and service, their ambitions to control news and opinion and to promote national identity, and their ability to manage the economy and harness religious change to dynastic purposes. The result is a compelling but nuanced picture of societies and polities tested and shaped by the pressures of ever more demanding warfare. |
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Antwerp armies armour arms Artois border Boulogne Brabant Burgundian Calais campaigns captains central Charles V’s Charles’s Chronicle Chronicque Chronycke CLGS commanders council crown defence Douai duke earl earl’s Egmond Egmond-Buren emperor enemy England English towns estates Extraits Flanders Floris fortifications France French garrisons German Ghent governor Guelders Gunn Habsburg Hainaut Henry VIII Histoire Holland Holland towns Ibid IJsselstein Inventaris Buren Inventaris s-Hertogenbosch king king’s Kroniek Kuijer land Lille lord loyalty LP III Lusy Macquéreau magistrates Mannen met macht Margaret of Austria Mary of Hungary Maximiliaan Mechelen Middelburg military muster Netherlands nobility noble noblemen Northumberland Norwich peace Percy Philip Philip the Fair political prince prince’s provinces Roeulx ROPB royal rulers s-Hertogenbosch Saint-Quentin Scots serve ships soldiers Stadsrekeningen Middelburg subjects Surrey taxation Thieulaine Thomas Howard Tournai town’s Tracy trade troops Tudor urban Valenciennes VIII’s Walloon Flanders wars wartime Zeeland Zeemacht