Declaring War in Early Modern Europe

217 Pages·2011·3.44 MB·English

by  Frederic J. Baumgartner

DECLARING WAR IN EARLY
MODERN EUROPE
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DECLARING WAR IN EARLY
MODERN EUROPE
Frederic J. Baumgartner
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DECLARING WAR IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
Copyright © Frederic J. Baumgartner, 2011.
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First published in 2011 by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Baumgartner, Frederic J.
Declaring war in early modern Europe / Frederic J. Baumgartner.
p. cm.
ISBN 978–0–230–11412–8 (hardback)
1. War, Declaration of—History. 2. War, Declaration of—Europe—
History. I. Title.
KZ6399.B38 2011
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For Mackenzie, Evan, and Benjamin
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Ancient and Medieval Precedents 7
3 The Sixteenth Century— The Practice 33
4 The Sixteenth Century—T he Theory 55
5 The Seventeenth Century 85
6 The Eighteenth Century 115
7 The Age of Revolution 147
Notes 173
Bibliography 197
Index 199
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As with any scholarly book, I owe a deep debt of gratitude to a large
number of persons, the names of many of whom remain unknown
to me. The interlibrary loan staff at Newman Library at Virginia
Polytechnic University and State University provided great help; without
their extensive aid this book could not have been written. My colleague,
William L. Ochenswald, gave me sound advice, especially on points in-
volving the Middle East. A summer stipend from the National Endowment
for the Humanities enabled me to spend time for research in the major
collections in England. Portions of Chapters III and IV have appeared in
print as “Declaring War in Sixteenth-Century France,” The Journal of the
History Society, VII-1(2007), pp. 85–110. I must express my appreciation
to Chris Chappell and his fine staff at Palgrave Macmillan for their efforts
in seeing this work to publication. And as always, my family, especially
my wife, Lois, has supported my efforts at authorship with good humor
and patience. This book is dedicated to my grandchildren in the hope
that they will never see a declaration of war nor any conflict that should
require one.
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