THE MODERN STATE

Modern State

Europe at the end of 15th century

During the transition between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age, the monarchs of some European kingdoms adopted the following measures:

The most powerfull monarchies ate de begining of the Early Modern Age were:

Monarchs had more resources so they became more powerful and were able to reform the existing institutions and create new ones

They strengthened bureaucracy which was composed of officials directly under their control

They centralised power by creating new institutions to serve them

They formed powerful armies of mercenaries in order to kill the nobel who conforted them. Nobels had prohibited to create their armies

The monarchs established a court or permanent seat for these new institutions to function well

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The Polish monarchy covered extensive territories after its unification with Lithuania

The Ottoman Empire expandid during the15th century

The Russian monarchy expanded its territories with the conquests of Ivan III ‘the Great in the 15th century and Ivan IV ‘the Terrible in the 16th century

elim I then conquered Syria, Egypt and part of Arabia

Suleiman I ‘the Magnificent took control of northern Africa and subdued Hungary, but he was stopped in Austria by the German Emperor

Mehmed II ‘the Conqueror took control of Constantinople and a large part of the Balkan Peninsula