Royal and Republican Sovereignty in Early Modern Europe. Essays in Memory of Ragnhild Hatton.

Oresko, Robert, G.C. Gibbs and H.M. Scott (eds.):

ISBN 10: 0521026512 / ISBN 13: 9780521026512

Published by Cambridge University Press., 2006

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XXI., 671 p., 97 plates, 10 figures. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - very good condition - This substantial collection of specially commissioned chapters addresses the theme of sovereignty and the sources and variety of political power in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe, from Russia to Spain and from the Italian peninsula to the Dutch Republic. -- A unifying theme, taken up in a substantial editorial introduction, is the determination to move away from clichés such as the rise of the modern state. Instead, emphasis is placed upon the composite nature of early modern political structures and upon the significant number of bodies and individuals who were recognised as possessing, or who exercised, sovereignty. One particularly notable and novel feature is the-attention paid to the potential of visual material for this subject: many of the chapters are accompanied by striking^pd often little-known illustrations. Topics are as diverse as international relations and the control of foreign policy, the cultural policies and political ambitions of representational monarchy, urban developments, and the personalities of those who exercised authority. These diverse themes were all illuminated by the writings of Professor Ragnhild Hatton (1913-^95), to whose memory this collection is dedicated. -- Republicanism, monarchism and liberty -- H. G. KOENIGSBERGER -- Maps and monarchs in Europe 1550-1800 -- PETER BARBER -- Resisting monarchy: the Netherlands as Britains school of revolution in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- HUGH DUNTHORNE -- A prince souverain and the French crown: Charles de Nevers, 1580-1637 -- DAVID PARROTT -- Small-power diplomacy in the age of Louis XIV: the foreign policy of the Great Elector during the 1660s and 1670s DEREK McKAY -- The king in his council: Louis XIV and the Conseil den haut JOHN C. RULE -- From commune to capital: the transformation of Turin, sixteenth to eighteenth centuries -- GEOFFREY SYMCOX -- The House of Savoy in search for a royal crown in the seventeenth century -- ROBERT ORESKO -- Tsar into emperor: the title of Peter the Great -- ISABEL DE MADARIAGA -- Monarchs without a crown -- EDWARD GREGG -- The meanings of Austria and Austrian in the eighteenth century -- GRETE KLINGENSTEIN -- Love and the Empire: Maria Theresa and her co-regents DEREK BEALES -- Prussias royal foreign minister: Frederick the Great and the administration of Prussian diplomacy -- H. M. SCOTT -- Frederick the Great and German culture -- T. C. W. BLANNING -- The secret compact of 1753 between the kings of France and of Naples -- ROHAN BUTLER -- The crisis of 1758-1759 in Spain: sovereignty and power during a species of interregnum -- CHARLES C. NOEL -- The Dutch Revolt and the American Revolution -- G. C. GIBBS -- ihild Marie Hatton: A personal appreciation -- REW LOSSKY. ISBN 9780521026512 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1341.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Royal and Republican Sovereignty in Early Modern Europe. Essays in Memory of Ragnhild Hatton.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521026512
• ISBN 13: 9780521026512
• Binding: Paperback.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 1341 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Europa

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A collection of illustrated essays on sovereignty and political power in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe.

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This substantial collection of specially commissioned chapters addresses the theme of sovereignty and the sources and variety of political power in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe, from Russia to Spain and from the Italian peninsula to the Dutch Republic. A unifying theme, taken up in a substantial editorial introduction, is the determination to move away from cliches such as 'the rise of the modern state'. Instead, emphasis is placed upon the composite nature of early modern political structures and upon the significant number of bodies and individuals who were recognised as possessing, or who exercised, sovereignty. One particularly notable and novel feature is the attention paid to the potential of visual material for this subject: many of the chapters are accompanied by striking and often little-known illustrations. Topics are as diverse as international relations and the control of foreign policy, the cultural policies and political ambitions of representational monarchy, urban developments, and the personalities of those who exercised authority. These diverse themes were all illuminated by the writings of Professor Ragnhild Hatton (1913-95), to whose memory this collection is dedicated.