Intervention and State Sovereignty in Central Europe, 1500-1780

Interventions in other states on behalf of their populations is often portrayed as a novel phenomenon in state practice, one which breaches the old principle of sovereignty. But is this really a new practice? Patrick Milton argues that such interventions occurred frequently as far back as the 16th,...

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Auteur principal: Milton, Patrick 1984- (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
Titres liés à la collection:Studies in German history
Sujets:Intervention (International law) Humanitarian intervention Sovereignty Humanitarian intervention-History Intervention (International law)-History Electronic books
Description matérielle:1 online resource (286 pages)
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Résumé:Interventions in other states on behalf of their populations is often portrayed as a novel phenomenon in state practice, one which breaches the old principle of sovereignty. But is this really a new practice? Patrick Milton argues that such interventions occurred frequently as far back as the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
Introduction -- Topic and Topicality -- Research Context and Historiography: The Empire, European International Relations, Intervention, and the Myth of Westphalia -- Method and Interpretative Framework -- At the Heart of Europe: The Holy Roman Empire and Interstate Relations -- Sources and Outline -- 1. Legal Foundations: Imperial Constitutional Law and the Law of Nations and Nature -- The Reichsabschiede of Worms (1495) and Augsburg (1555) -- The Reichshofrat Ordinances -- The Treaties of Westphalia (1648) and the Latest Imperial Recess (1654) -- The Capitulations of Election (1519-1792) -- Customary Law and the Office of the Emperor -- Types and Mechanisms of Intervention in the Empire and their Intellectual Foundations -- Legal Theorists on Interventions within the Empire -- Theorists of the Law of Nations and Nature on International Interventions on Behalf of Foreign Subjects -- Conclusion -- Part One. European Interventions in Central Europe, c.1500-1780 -- 2. Interventions in Central Europe I: c.1500-1618 -- The European State System at the Beginning of the Early Modern Period -- Interventions in the Age of Charles V and Francis I -- King Henry II of France's Intervention in the Empire, 1552 -- Interventions in the Dutch Revolt 1568-c.1600 -- Tensions, Crises, and Interventionist Trends in the Empire c.1570-1615 -- 3. Interventions in Central Europe II: 1618-1645 -- The Thirty Years War -- Rebellion and Intervention in Bohemia and Germany 1618-1623 -- Intervention in the Valtelline Uprising, 1620-1623 -- Danish Intervention in the Empire, 1625-1629 -- Swedish Intervention in the Empire from 1630.
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Description matérielle:1 online resource (286 pages)
ISBN:9780192698988
0192698982
9780192871183
0192871188