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Author Gunn, S. J. (Steven J.)

Title War, state, and society in England and the Netherlands 1477-1559 / Steven Gunn, David Grummitt, and Hans Cools
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 395 pages)
Contents War and the state -- Polities at war -- Military institutions and fiscal growth -- Towns at war -- Introduction -- Urban military resources -- Life during wartime -- War and urban government -- Towns in the polity -- War, towns, and the state -- Nobles at war -- Introduction -- The military resources of the nobility -- Nobles in command -- Costs and rewards -- War and noble power -- War and noble identity -- War, nobles, and the state -- Subjects at war -- Introduction -- Obligations -- Information and response -- The trials of war -- War and identity -- War, subjects, and the state -- Conclusion -- War, state, and society
Summary Comparing the effects of war on two early modern states, England and the Netherlands, this book tests the idea that war increased rulers' power over their subjects. Including detailed studies of towns and noblemen in both countries, it explores wider themes such as national identity, news culture, economic policy, and religious change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-374) and index
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Subject War and society -- Great Britain -- History
Politics and war -- Great Britain -- History
War and society -- Netherlands -- History
Politics and war -- Netherlands -- History
HISTORY.
Politics and war
War and society
Politisches System
Soziale Situation
Krieg
Staatsmacht.
Oorlog.
Militairen.
Krijgsmacht.
Oorlogen.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1485-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056837
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056836
Netherlands -- History, Military -- 16th century
Subject Great Britain
Netherlands
England
Niederlande
Nederland.
Engeland.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
Author Grummitt, David, 1971-
Cools, Hans.
ISBN 9781435630437
1435630432
1281145335
9781281145338