War and Competition between States (The Origins of the Modern State in Europe, Theme a)

Title Page......Page 4
General Editor's Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 13
1: Introduction......Page 14
2: Political and Military Bonds in the Italian State System, Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries......Page 22
2.1 The Military Organization of the City-States and the Urban signorie......Page 23
2.2 The Free Companies: A Troubled Intermezzo......Page 32
2.3 War and the Formation of the Regional States......Page 37
2.4 The System of the Italian States......Page 40
2.5 The Italian System and the System of the European States......Page 46
3.1 Introduction......Page 50
3.2 The End of the Noble Wars......Page 60
3.3 The Century of the Mercenaries......Page 62
3.4 Military Entrepreneurs and Intermediaries......Page 65
3.5 Compulsory Service: Prisoners, Quotas, Militias......Page 68
3.6 The Origins of Conscription......Page 74
3.7 The Bureaucratic Revolution......Page 75
3.8 The Rise of the State Armies......Page 76
3.9 The Nation in Arms......Page 80
4.1 Navies and Their Size......Page 82
4.2 Formal and Informal Navies c.1585 - c.1650......Page 86
4.3 A Race for Permanent Navies c.1650-1713......Page 96
4.4 Continuity and Free Play versus Overall State Interference, 1713-c.1780......Page 103
4.5 The Belated Dutch Reaction and the Human Factor, c.1780-90......Page 109
4.6 Conclusion......Page 111
5.1 Introduction......Page 112
5.2 Communication and Transmission......Page 117
5.3 Fortifications and Frontiers......Page 121
5.4 Roads and Control of the State Interior......Page 129
5.5 The Role of the State in the Intellectual Mastery of 'Space'......Page 132
5.6 Conclusion......Page 137
6.2 The Problem......Page 142
6.3 People......Page 144
6.4 Money......Page 157
6.5 Means......Page 163
6.6 War and Resources......Page 168
7: The Growth of State Control, Practices of War, 1300-1800: Ransom and Booty......Page 176
7.1 The End of the Middle Ages: The Golden Age of Private Ransom......Page 177
7.2 The End of the Middle Ages: Regulation of Capture and Division of Spoils......Page 186
7.3 The End of the Middle Ages: Comparative Elements......Page 188
7.4 The Modern Period: Persistence of the Private Appropriation of Booty......Page 192
7.5 Ransoms in the Modern Period: Gains Diminishing with State Control......Page 197
8: The Modern State and Military Society in the Eighteenth Century......Page 208
8.1 Social Stratification in Military Society: The Officers......Page 211
8.2 Institutes of Military Education as a Measure of Military Professionalism......Page 214
8.3 In the Shadow of the King's Mercy: The Social and Economic Foundations of the Officer's Existence......Page 217
8.4 Non-Commissioned Officers and Tension between Officers and the Rank and File......Page 219
8.5 The canaille: The Lower Military Classes......Page 221
8.6 The Reality of the Soldier's Life: Marriage and Secondary Occupations......Page 227
8.7 The Army and the Enlightenment: The Role of the Army in the Political Calculations of the European Powers on the Eve .........Page 230
9: Pro deo et patria mori: Sanctified Patriotism in Europe, 1400-1600......Page 234
10: The Peacemakers and the State: Pontifical Diplomacy and the Anglo-French Conflict in the Fourteenth Century......Page 262
10.1 Towards a History of Peace......Page 264
10.2 Papal Diplomacy at Avignon vis-a-vis European States......Page 273
10.3 Peace and Sovereignty......Page 281
11: War and International Law in Europe, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries......Page 292
Bibliography......Page 314
List of Contributors......Page 344
Index......Page 346