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THE MODERN STATE, Subdued: defeat - Coggle Diagram
THE MODERN STATE
Increase in agricultural and artisanal production and commercial profits
There was a growth in wealth and proceeds from taxes
These brought important political consequences
Monarch had more resources so they became more powerful
Main objectives
Consolidate their authority
Control the power of nobility
Administrate kingdom's resources
Maintain a strong position of power in rekation in other monarchs
Adopted this measures
Strengthened bureaucracy
Composed of officials directly under their control
They supervised the kingdom's
Centralised power
Creating new insitutions to serve them
Was gradually increasing
The autonomy of feudal lords and special legislations reduced
Formed powerful armies of mercenaries
Use to
subdue
nobles who confronted them
Prohibited nobles forming their own armie
Monarchs estabilished a court
For the new insitutions
Many times became the capital of the kingdoms
Feudal monarchy became a powerful authoritaian monarchy
Europe at the end of the XV century
Eastern Europe
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
Selim I
Conquered
Egypt
Part of Arabia
Syria
Suleiman I
Took control of northern Africa
Subdued Hungary
Stopped in Austria by German Emperor
Mehemed II
Took controlof Constantinople
Control of a large part of the Balkan Peninsula
Russian Monarchy
Ivan III
XV century
Ivan IV
XVI century
Adopted th title of tsar or emperor
Polish monarchy
Covered extensive territories after unification with Lituania
Was weak, not very centrilised kingdom
Western Europe
Spanish Monarchy
Resulted from the marriage of
Isabel I of Castilla
Ferdinand II of Aragón
Portugal remained independent
until the end of XVI century
They became part of Spanish monarchy
French Monarchy
Gained power after the Hundred Years' War
Louis XI
Francis I fought against Carlos V
In 1562
France involved in bloody religious wars
End of XVI century
Henry IV came to the throne
Established the Bourbon Dynasty
English Monarchy
Consolidated itself after civil war
XVI century the Tudor Dynasty came to power
Henry VIII confronted the Pope
Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish king Felipe II
Maintaining the kingdom's independece
Small states
Holy Roman Empire
Consisted of a multitude
Kingdoms
Independent territories
Territories in the centre Europe
Austria
Burgundy
Saxony
Switzeroand
Bohemia
Flanders
Emperors were not able to unify them
Italy
Divided into small prinipalities and republics
Venice
Florence
Pepal States
Naples
French and Spanish kings fought to control the region
The new political organisation which emerged as a result of these reforms is called the modern state
Subdued
: defeat
