Dynasties and State Formation in Early Modern Europe

In state formation research, princely houses have been a blind spot. The development of states has been discussed from many perspectives, like interstate competition, internal social conflicts, fiscal-military developments, etc., but at the centre of most European states, there was a princely house. These ruling houses have been overlooked in studies about state formation. What’s more, when discussing such dynasties, the vertical chronological perspective (grandfather-father-son) is all dominating, for instance in the focus on dynastic continuity, dynastic culture and representation, and the like. This collection of essays highlights the horizontal perspective (ruler, all children, siblings, cousins), in asking how the members of a princely family acted as a power network. The quest is to develop an understanding how this family network interplayed with other factors in the state formation process. This volume brings together existing knowledge of the topic with the aim of exchanging insights and furthering knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Amsterdam University Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Early Modern Court Studies
Release date:	April 2023
Editors:	Liesbeth Geevers • Harald Gustafsson
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-9463728751
Categories:	Books
LSN:	9463728759
Barcode:	9789463728751

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