THE DECLINE OF SPAIN<sup>1</sup>

Elliott, J. H.

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“…In spite of a hot and long-lasting debate on the historical decline of Spain (Hamilton 1938, Elliott 1961, Kamen 1978, Israel 1981, it was considered in isolation and no attempts were made at quantifying its economic performance.…”

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“…Nonetheless, while in New Castile the increase took place in the sixteenth century, and this level was recovered by 1750, only to stagnate thereafter, in Catalonia a sustained rise in per capita income is observed since the mid eighteenth century. Another feature that deserves to be highlighted is the uneven impact of the seventeenthcentury crisis, mainly circumscribed to the Kingdom of Castile (the two Castiles, but also Extremadura) and to Valencia, the latter usually associated with the expulsion of the Moors (Reglá 1953, Elliott 1961, Casey 1971.…”

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The decline of Spain (1500-1850): conjectural estimates

Álvarez‐Nogal¹,

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2007

European Review of Economic History

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The decline of Spain (1500-1850): conjectural estimates

Álvarez‐Nogal¹,

Escosura²

2007

European Review of Economic History

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“…Elliott, 1961, p. 70. 696 Baraldi, Corsi & Esposito, 2021 214 Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648…”

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Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War 1618–1648: Aspects of Institutional Change and Decline

Bäckström

2023

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Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War 1618–1648 investigates change and decline in military institutions during a period of protracted and destructive European warfare. Conceptual background is provided by the Military Revolution thesis, which argues that changes in military technology and tactics drove revolutionary transformation in the way states organised and waged war in the early modern era. This transformation of military institutions became evident during the long and destructive Thirty Years War in 1618–1648. The outcome of the Military Revolution was the centralised fiscal-military state that possessed a strong claim to the monopoly of violence within its territorial boundaries. The book examines how the Thirty Years War accelerated and even initiated transformation in four military institutions that defined land warfare: feudal cavalry services, militias, regular armies, and war commissariats. The regional scope of the investigation covers the Holy Roman Empire, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, and the Dutch Republic. The book combines military-historical inquiry with ancillary sciences of sociology and economics. It argues that the Military Revolution of the Thirty Years War stimulated institutions capable of increased complexification and specialisation while curtailing those that were locked in stasis and immutability. The institutional legacy of the Thirty Years War was the emergence of complex military organisations that are characteristic to the modern society and its self-renewing social subsystems. Previous scholarship on the Military Revolution has concentrated on military technicalities and the wider process of early modern state formation. This book proposes an alternative way of viewing early modern military transformations from the perspectives of institutions and systems. System-analytical survey of change and decline in the military institutions of the Thirty Years War introduces qualifications to the Military Revolution theory and offers a novel way of conceptualising early modern military history.

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“…The so-called decline of Spain in the seventeenth century has been addressed byElliott (1961Elliott ( , 2002 andKamen (1978Kamen ( , 2014.…”

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