Download or read book The Fiscal-military State in Eighteenth-century Europe written by Christopher Storrs and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, historians of early modern Europe, and above all those who study the eighteenth century, elaborated the concept of what has been called the fiscal-military state. This volume of essays by leading authorities, all of whom have published widely on their chosen topic, explores the subject of the fiscal-military state by focusing on its leading exemplars in eighteenth-century Europe. In addition a further chapter considers the fiscal-military state in a broader, comparative international context, in the arena of international relations. The differing patterns, and the variety of models of fiscal-military state makes for ease of comparison across Europe. The volume will therefore be invaluable to both students and researchers alike.