The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

List of Maps and Tables	
Preface	
Introduction	3
Pt. I	Contingency, Choice, and Constraint	9
Ch. 1	Structural Change in International Relations	11
Ch. 2	Organizational Variation and Selection in the International System	22
Ch. 3	Modes of Nonterritorial Organization: Feudalism, the Church, and the Holy Roman Empire	34
Pt. II	The Emergence of New Modes of Organization	59
Ch. 4	The Economic Renaissance of the Late Middle Ages	61
Ch. 5	The Rise of the Sovereign, Territorial State in Capetian France	77
Ch. 6	The Fragmentation of the German Empire and the Rise of the Hanseatic League	109
Ch. 7	The Development of the Italian City-states	130
Pt. III	Competition, Mutual Empowerment, and Choice: The Advantages of Sovereign Territoriality	151
Ch. 8	The Victory of the Sovereign State	153
Pt. IV	Conclusion	181
Ch. 9	Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International System	183
Notes	195
Bibliography	265
Index	285