Subsidies, diplomacy, and state formation in Europe, 1494-1789 Economies of allegiance

French subsidies played a central role in European politics from Charles VIII's invasion of Italy in 1494 until the French Revolution. French kings attempted to frustrate what they viewed as a Habsburg bid to pursue universal monarchy. During the seventeenth century, the French monarchy would e...

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Other Authors: Norrhem, Svante (Editor), Thomson, Erik (Editor)
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