MODERN STATE
Modern State
Monarchs have more resources so they become more powerfull
Objectives
Consolidate tehir authority
Control poower of nobility
Mantain strong poisiton of power in relation to other monarchs
Administrate kingdom's resources
Measures
Centralise the power creating insitutions
Became capital of their kingdoms
Strengthened bureaucracy
Form armies of mercenaries
They subdue the nobels that confronted them
In this way the monarchs wereable to mantain their possesions
Most powerfull monarchies were Spanish, Portuguese, French, English and Russian
Europe at the end of the 15th century
Ottoman empire expanded
Polish monarchy covered extensive territories
Russian empire expanded
Cultural Changes
Humanist Philosophy
Interest in classical culture
Desire for knowledge
Optimism and creativity
Critical thinking
Anthropocentrism
Classical Greek and Roman culture and philosophy
Artistic activity
Human is the centre of the philosophy
They were Christians but they abandonated theocentrism
Better life in this world
Noumerous inventions
Intellectual curiosity
They wanted to know about everything
Research
Experimentation
Reason
Vernacular language
They started to write book in their languages
Scientific advances
Heliocentric theory
Earth revolved around the sun
Anatomy
Printing press
They didn't write books anymore
Large number of books were printed
New ideas
Cultural insitutions
Academies
Universities
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