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Composite monarchies in the early modern period united diverse territories; while in some cases the unification of territories led to the establishment of nation-states in the modern world, in other cases composite territories did not become a unified nation state.
Why did the nation-state proliferate across the world over the past 200 years, replacing empires, kingdoms, city-states, and the like? Using a new dataset with information on 145 of today’s states from 1816 to the year they achieved nation-statehood, we test key aspects of modernization, world polity, and historical institutionalist theories.
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The balance of power in Europe changed with Germany and Italy gaining the status of unified nation-states and the weakening of Austria-Hungary. A series of wars after 1848, namely the Crimean, Austro-Prussian, and Franco-Prussian conflicts, contributed to the changing political climate and power balance.
What exactly is nationalism? The rise and spread of nationalism gave people a new sense of identity and also led to an increased sense of competition among nation-states.
Jan 1, 2014 · As we have seen in the last chapter, as of the late twelfth century, the old curia regia (royal court), composed of nobles and bishops, would absorb representatives of this new social class, which would discuss the kingdom’s key affairs with the traditional elite and the king.
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- 2015
Most commonly, the idea of a nation-state was and is associated with the rise of the modern system of states, often called the ” Westphalian system ” in reference to the Treaty of Westphalia (1648).
Jun 17, 2020 · Early modern geopolitics were largely driven by dynastic imperatives – births, marriages and deaths among Europe's royal families – and this article approaches the union of 1603 from the perspective of J. H. Elliott's A Europe of Composite Monarchies. Thus, it explores how Scots perceived their place within this new dynastic empire and the ...
