Were muscovy and castile the first fiscal-military states?

Authors

  • Chester Dunning

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15826/qr.2014.1.031

Keywords:

John Brewer‘s model; 16th century; kingdom of Castile; Muscovy

Abstract

In this article Chester Dunning examines recent scholarship about John Brewer‘s model of the development of the early modern „fiscal-military“ state and the possibility of applying Brewer‘s model to sixteenth-century Russia and Castile (Spain). He concludes that Muscovy and Castile were probably the first “fiscal-military” states.

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How to Cite

Dunning, C. (2014). Were muscovy and castile the first fiscal-military states?. Quaestio Rossica, (1), 191–197. https://doi.org/10.15826/qr.2014.1.031

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