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E-book Civilians and Military Supply in Early Modern Finland

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Military and civil spheres are more or less isolated enclaves in our present-day Western world. Soldiers live and operate separate from the rest of the society, and, besides the annual parades and the possible compulsory military service, these two worlds have little contact. Wars are even more remote incidents, as they are mostly fought in far-away countries.In early modern Europe, the situation was different. Not only was the continent war-torn, but the civil and military spheres were also closely interwoven during peacetime. The period from the 16th century onwards has been characterised as the age of military revolution: warfare was modernised, the size of armies grew rapidly, and more and more state revenues were needed to construct fortresses and navies, as well as to fund and provision the troops. Scholars like Geoffrey Parker have even attributed the birth of the modern bureaucratic state to the military revolution, as nations had to collect their taxes and manage their resources more efficiently than before to sustain their growing armies.1Pre-19th-century armies were not public institutions to the same extent that they are today – or at least were during the 19th and 20th centuries. European rulers delegated the construction of warships and fortresses to private contractors, and their services were also used for arms and munitions manufacturing, clothing, army transportation and the provisioning of armies and navies. Furthermore, intermittent warfare was often funded by wealthy merchants and other private individuals, who became important financiers and subcontractors for the crown.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

948.1 BJO c

Penerbit

Finland : Helsinki University Press., 2021

Deskripsi Fisik

315 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789523690394

Klasifikasi

948.1

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

History of Denmark and Finland

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