Exploiting the Urban System? The Frictions of Military Finance and Diplomacy in the Dutch Republic, 1688–1714
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12622752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron Graham (0000-0003-3846-2326, University of Oxford https://dx.doi.org/6396 Oxford UK, corresponding author), Jeannette Kamp (0000-0002-5453-6535, University of Oxford https://dx.doi.org/6396 Oxford UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 377-402 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Early Modern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1385-3783 • E-ISSN: 1570-0658 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700658-bja10042 |
| OpenAlex | W4200499896 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article examines how international military finance operated in the Dutch Republic between 1688–1714. The region’s unique urban geography in which the political and financial infrastructures crucial for military financing were geographically dispersed created stresses and strains. These inconveniences were overcome due to the Republic’s excellent intra-urban infrastructure – creating fast and reliable communication between the different urban centers – and their reliance on (semi-)private agents, the solliciteurs-militair . As a result, the urban system created a level of flexibility: credit for military purposes could be found both in The Hague and Amsterdam, rather than having to rely on a single city as was the case in London. This focus on the urban has broader historiographical importance because recent scholarship on early modern war and state formation is increasingly questioning whether the focus on political and financial centralization is necessarily the best way to understand these processes
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |