Anderson M.S. The Origins of the Modern European State System, 1494-1618

Routledge, 1998. — 329 p.The Instruments of International Relations: Armies and Navies
War: part of the natural order
The lack of clear definitions
War: seldom decisive
Armies and recruiting
Artillery and fortifications
The legacy of the past
War at sea
Privateering and private initiative
The Instruments of International Relations: Trade and Finance
The limits of economic warfare
Finance and international relations
American silver and Spanish power
The rise of Dutch power
The Instruments of International Relations: Diplomats and Diplomacy
The origins of modern diplomacy
Eastern Europe lags behind
The diplomat and his problems
Ceremonial and precedence
The balance of power
The Birth of Valois-Habsburg Rivalry, 1494-1529
The preliminaries to the invasion of 1494
The invasion and its results
vi The Origins of the Modern European State System, 1494-1618
The second French invasion: Spain becomes a major player
The attack on Venice
Francis I and Charles V: the first trials of strength
New struggles: Pavia and its results
From Pavia to Cambrai
The Empire of Charles V and Its Enemies, 1529-59
Charles faces new tasks: infidels and heretics
New struggles but no decision, 1536-44
The struggle takes on new dimensions, 1544-47
More conflict in Italy: the imperial position in Germany collapses, 1547--52
The Habsburg inheritance, the abdication of Charles V and the Treaty of Cateau--Cambresis, 1552--59
Spanish Power and Resistance To It, 1559-85
Religion and politics in a changing world
England and Scotland
The wars of religion in France
The Netherlands revolt begins
The Netherlands revolt takes root
France nullified by civil war
Spanish greatness at its height: the conquest of Portugal
Spanish progress in the Netherlands, growing disunity in France
The English challenge to Spanish power
Spanish Power Checked but Unbroken, 1585-1609
The turning-point?: The Armada of 1588
The crisis in France and the accession of Henry IV
The Anglo-French-Dutch war with Spain to 1598
The last stages of the struggle, 1598--1609
Approach lo Conflict, 1609-18
German weakness and the Julich-Cleves question
The death of Henry IV: a breathing-space for Spain
The approach to the Thirty Years War
The Ottomans and Europe
The threat from the east
A colossus with feet of clay
The Turk as outsider
The growing threat, 1494-1529
The threat at its height, 1529-66
The beginnings of Ottoman decline
Corsairs in the Mediterranean, stalemate on the Danube
Eastern and Northern Europe: The Russian Advance
A new power takes shape
The new state advances
The struggle for Livonia
Contacts with the west slowly expanding
Exhaustion and collapse in Russia