How were conceptions of the state changing in Europe during the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Conceptions of the state
1. Europe already had a state system
2. states did not want to give up power in hopes of reviving larger empire
a. prospect of reviving the Roman Empire
1. states tried to claim the role for their own rulers
3. states did not have to practice religious uniformity
a. prospect of a durable universal state in the tradition of Rome
failed
4. individual European states accumulated power against rivals and over
their own citizens
a. most European states experienced civil wars in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries
1. monarchs usually won them
b. cities and churches surrendered most of their privileges of self-
government
5. states that were hard to govern became easier
a. violent and restless elements depended on royal rewards and
appointments
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