Subsidies, Diplomacy, and State Formation in Europe, 14941789: Economies of Alle

Subsidies, Diplomacy, and State Formation in Europe, 14941789

by Svante Norrhem, Erik Thomson

This book examines subsidies – payments made between sovereigns in return for political and military service – in the early modern period. It explores how such payments shaped diplomacy, princes' honour, the construction of states and early modern society.

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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.

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This volume examines the role of subsidies in early modern diplomacy and politics. Historians have long known that early modern sovereigns often promised other powers payment in return for military or political assistance, but they have rarely studied this directly, usually dismissing it as a form of corruption that hindered the emergence of modern politics. By contrast, this book shows how subsidies shaped early modern politics as a diplomatic tactic and a resource for state formation, as well as a subject of public debate and an opportunity for merchants and bankers. Through ten new chapters written by established and emerging scholars, it reveals that subsidies could play a variety of political roles. The people who paid, received, and remitted them had complex motives for doing so, and subsidies could in fact accelerate the construction of durable institutions as well as delay them. Overall, subsidies provide a particularly sharp example of the functioning of early modern diplomacy, where tangible material interests intertwined with concerns over identity and honour. This book will be essential for historians of early modern politics and diplomacy and readers interested in how international flows of money shape the exercise of power, whether in economics, politics, or international relations. It also features a chapter by Peter Wilson, well known from recent books on the Thirty Years' War and the Holy Roman Empire, which offers a preliminary view of a major new research project.

Author Biography

Svante Norrhem is Associate Professor of History at Lund University
Erik Thomson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba

Table of Contents

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

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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.

Details ISBN9198469835 Pages 296 Series Lund University Press Year 2020 ISBN-10 9198469835 ISBN-13 9789198469837 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-03-24 Short Title Subsidies, Diplomacy, and State Formation in Europe, 1494-1789 Language English Subtitle Economies of Allegiance DEWEY 940.2 UK Release Date 2020-03-24 Imprint Lund University Press,Sweden Country of Publication Sweden Author Erik Thomson Publisher Lund University Press,Sweden Edited by Erik Thomson Audience General AU Release Date 2020-06-30

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• Condition: Brand new
• ISBN-13: 9789198469837
• Book Title: Subsidies, Diplomacy, and State Formation in Europe, 14941789
• ISBN: 9789198469837
• Publication Year: 2020
• Type: Textbook
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Publication Name: Subsidies, Diplomacy, and State Formation in Europe, 1494-1789: Economies of Allegiance
• Item Height: 216mm
• Author: Erik Thomson, Svante Norrhem
• Publisher: Lund University Press,Sweden
• Item Width: 138mm
• Subject: History
• Number of Pages: 296 Pages

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