Lordship and State Transformation

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Stephan Sander-Faes is associate professor of early modern history at the University of Bergen, Norway.

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Lordship and State Transformation examines the role of lordship in the Habsburgs' attempts at state formation from the Thirty Years' War to Charles VI. By foregrounding the interactions of state and non-state actors, the Habsburgs were instrumental in developing early modern composite monarchies.