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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