This book examines early modern politics, diplomacy and finance by looking at the transfer of money and other resources between sovereigns in return for military or political service, often known as the payment of 'subsidies'. Focusing on payments made by the French crown, the contributors explore how subsidies provided opportunities for princes, statesmen, generals and merchant-bankers to pursue their political goals. By highlighting the ways in which the payment and acceptance of subsidies shaped concepts of honour and reputation, the book shows how material interests and questions of identity coalesced. The construction of states and the political debates within polities are seen to have been influenced by the movement of money and resources across borders. Consequently, the interaction between financial and mercantile hubs and networks was vital to state formation in early modern Europe.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
Edited by:
Svante Norrhem (Senior Lecturer),
Erik Thomson (Associate Professor)
Imprint: Lund University Press,Sweden
Country of Publication: Sweden
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9789198469837
ISBN 10: 9198469835
Series: Lund University Press
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 July 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction – Svante Norrhem and Erik Thomson 1 The role of subsidies in seventeenth-century French foreign relations and their European context – Anuschka Tischer 2 ‘Unter den Schutz Frankreichs’: German reception of French subsidies in the Thirty Years’ War – Tryntje Helfferich 3 ‘Mercenary’ contracts as Fiscal-Military Instruments – Peter H. Wilson 4 The uses of French subsidies in Sweden, 1632–1729 – Svante Norrhem 5 The problems with receiving subsidies: Sweden and the lesser powers in the long eighteenth century – Erik Bodensten 6 Pensions in Switzerland: practices, conflicts, and impact in the sixteenth century – Philippe Rogger 7 Subsidy treaties in early modern times: the example of the German principality of Waldeck – Andreas Flurschütz da Cruz 8 Small powers and great designs: diplomacy, cross-border patronage and the negotiation of subsidy alliances in the northwestern part of the Holy Roman Empire (late seventeenth century) – Tilman Haug 9 The ‘fiscal-military hub’ of Amsterdam: intermediating the French subsidies to Sweden during the Thirty Years’ War – Marianne Klerk 10 Jean Hoeufft, French subsidies, and the Thirty Years’ War – Erik Thomson Index -- .
Svante Norrhem is Associate Professor of History at Lund University Erik Thomson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba
Reviews for Subsidies, Diplomacy, and State Formation in Europe, 1494–1789: Economies of Allegiance
'The book is highly recommended reading to all early modernists, especially for those working in the fields of new diplomatic history and state formation.' Journal for Renaissance and Early Modern Diplomatic Studies 'Subsidies, Diplomacy and State Formation in Europe succeeds in providing different perspectives on the role played by the payment of subsidies in forging alliances and in allowing sovereigns to pursue ambitious goals in the international arena as well as within their own territories. In other words, the book should be included in the library of all those interested in early modern warfare, state formation processes, international relations and diplomacy.' Nuova Antologia Militare -- .
