Birth of the leviathan : building states and regimes in medieval and early modern Europe / Thomas Ertman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ertman, Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government.

History.

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Local government--Europe--History.

Comparative government.

Constitutional history--Europe.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

xii, 363 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Summary:

This book presents a new theory of state building in medieval and early modern Europe. Ertman argues that two factors--the organization of local government at the time of state formation and the timing of sustained geomilitary competition--can explain most of the variation in political regimes and in state infrastructures found across the continent during the second half of the 18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521482224

0521484278

OCLC:

34691016