The emergence of the modern state Flashcards
1
Q
What is the authoritarian monarchies
A
-Created by the European monarchs
- Reduce authority of the nobility, church and municipalities
2
Q
What did the authoritarian monarchies did?
A
-Centralised administration (monarch govern)
- Royal armies
-Limited powers of representative assemblies (parliament)
- Increase taxes
- Create diplomatic services (defend the country internationally)
3
Q
How normally decided the capital of a country?
A
Normally is the residence of the monarch
4
Q
Which were the 5 important monarchies?
A
-Spain
-France
-Portugal
-England
-Russia
5
Q
When started the modern age?
A
At the 15th century
6
Q
How the joined the European states between them?
A
-With conquest or marriage alliances like this create European states
