Building the Territorial Nation-State
Absolutism = money + power
Power = standing army
French Army
| 1610 | 20,000 soldiers |
| 1630s (vs. Spain) | 150,000 |
| 1648 | 400,000 |
Spanish Army
| 1580s (in Flanders) | 60,000 |
| 1630s (all of Europe) | 300,000 |
Swedish Army
| 1632 (invasion of HRE) | 100,000 |
Money
Colonies
France - La Réfuge
1598 - Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
dragonnades
1685 - Edict of Fontainebleau (revokes Nantes)
Huguenots
one king, one law, one faith
England
English civil war (1642-1660)
Charles I of England (d. 1649)
absolutism
Parliament
Glorious Revolution (1688)
William of Orange & Mary Stuart
Bill of Rights (1689)