Declaring War in Early Modern Europe

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ISBN: 0230114121
ISBN 13: 9780230114128
Autor: Baumgartner, F
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: ix, 206 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.04.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

NEGLECTED SUBJECT: There has been very little historical scholarship on declarations on war to date.WELL-REGARDED SCHOLAR: Baumgartner is an esteemed scholar of early modern cultural and political history.GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE: Baumgartner does not just restrict himself to Europe – the book’s coverage ranges from the Ottoman Empire to the New World.HISTORICAL CONTEXT: The book also includes a critical look at the precedents to be found in ancient and medieval history.

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Beschreibung

A noteworthy development in recent history has been the disappearance of formal declarations of war. Using primary sources, this book examines the history of declaring war in the early modern era up to the writing of the US Constitution to identify the influence of early modern history on the framing of the Constitution.

Autorenporträt

FREDERIC J. BAUMGARTNER Professor of History at Virginia Tech, USA and the author of the Palgrave titles Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections (2003), Longing for the End: A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization (1999), and France in the Sixteenth Century (1995).

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E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com

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