The Military Revolution and Political Change

Name: The Military Revolution and Political Change
Author: Brian Downing

Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe

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Paperback, 308 blz. | Engels

Princeton University Press | 1e druk, 1993

ISBN13: 9780691024752

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Hoofdrubriek : Geschiedenis, Mens en maatschappij

Princeton University Press 1e druk, 1993 9780691024752

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To examine the long-run origins of democracy and dictatorship, Brian Downing focuses on the importance of medieval political configurations and of military modernization in the early modern period.

He maintains that in late medieval times an array of constitutional arrangements distinguished Western Europe from other parts of the world and predisposed it toward liberal democracy. He then looks at how medieval constitutionalism was affected by the "military revolution" of the early modern era-the shift from small, decentralized feudal levies to large standing armies.

Downing won the American Political Science Association's Gabriel Almond Award for the dissertation on which this book was based.