Chapter 1. “The making of the Modern World” (Erik Ringmar)
IR. Describe the approximative notion of “state”.
Describe the notion of “sovereignty”. (p. 8)
Why did Europe take particular relevance over
the rest of the world starting in the year 1500?
Describe the landscape of international politics
in Medieval Europe. Why does the author talk about a
“complicated pattern of loyalties and jurisdictions?
Two institutions wanted to power over the European
continent as a whole: The Church and the Empire. Why?
Map of the Holy Roman Empire.
The rise of the State in around the 14 century:
Between the local and the universal (p. 10).
Explain the political meaning of the Reformation (p. 10).
Explain the role of the printing press in all this process.
Why does the author talk about “self-asserting
states”? (p. 11).
How does the author define the early modern State?
(p. 11).
The new European political landscape can be described
as states against states. Why? (p. 12).
Fighting for European hegemony: the Thirty Years War.
Explain (p. 12).
Explain the consequences of the Treaty of
Westphalia (p. 12).
Why was the new international system characterised
by constant tensions and threats of war? (p. 12-13).
Explain the origins of diplomacy (p. 13).
The transition from State to Nation-State.
Define the terms “state” and “nation”(body and soul).
P. 13.
Why did the American and French Revolutions
create the notion of Patriotism? What were the
political consequences of this new notion?
Explain the main consequences of the
Congress of Vienna (1815).
Explain the origins and consequences of the
nationalist revolutions of 1848 (p. 15).
As long as the people were in charge,
a State was legitimate. Why? (p. 15).
Explain the main characteristics of the
“peaceful century” in Europe (1815-1914). (P. 16).
Explain the role of colonialism and genocide in
the economical development of Europe (p. 17).
Explain the consequences of the Industrial
Revolution (Britain takes the lead) (p. 18).
The colonized (in America) claim for independence.
In this process, they copy the European model.
Explain (p. 18).
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