ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Territorial Entity, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Jean Bodin
26 Oct 2020
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Task 3: the european order of 1648 (change in international relations in europe) American gold and silver re-export: not strong enough for 140 years of war, mainly the productive class was hit, post-1450 wars: connected with the birth of the nation state. 1: reasons for the idea of the nation state as best form to provide common good, economic change undermined feudal order and created more social group interconnection, reformation merged civil and religious authority, more secularization. Improved means of communication, trade: more aware of other cultures, philosophic ideas: war was the direct cause for nation-building (indirectly self-other. France, britain, prussia, russia, austria = pentarchy": seven years war: prussia and russia joined 1790s, diminished role of minor states, 1. Changing nature of international system into a multi-polar system: wars of 1740s: last time minor states played a significant role, for example. Denmark and dutch republic declared independence in seven years war: minor states had to cooperate to exert regional influence.
