Military Revolution and Political Change
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Constitutionalism
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Estates of the realm
Feudalism
Government
Great power
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Holy Roman Empire
Infantry
Institution
Intendant
Liberal democracy
Local government
Mercenary
Middle Ages
Middle class
Military history
Military organization
Military Revolution
Military service
Modernity
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Oligarchy
Oxford University Press
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Parliament
Peasant
Political history
Political science
Political system
Princeton University Press
Prussia
Resource mobilization
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Product details
- ISBN 9780691024752
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jan 1993
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
