The Rise Of The Great Powers 1648 - 1815

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by  Derek Mckay, H.M. Scott, D Mckay

THE RISE OF THE GREAT POWERS
1648-1815
In this sequence:
The rise of the great powers 1648-1815
Derek McKay and H. M. Scott
The great powers and the European states system 1815-1914
F. R. Bridge and Roger Bullen
The great powers and the decline of the
European states system 1914-1945
Graham Ross
The rise of
the great powers
1648-1815
Derek McKay and H. M. Scott
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Mckay, Derek.
The rise of the great powers 1648-1815.
1.Europe-Politics and govemment-1648-1789
2.Europe-Politics and govemment-1789-1815
I. Title II. Scott, H.M.
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Mckay, Derek.
The rise of the great powers 1648-1815.
Bibliography: p. 345
Includes index:
1. Europe-History-1648-1789. 2. Europe
History-1789-1815. 3. Great powers-History-17th
century. 4. Great powers-History-18th century.
5. Great powers-History-19th century. I. Scott,
H.M. (Hamish M.), 1946- II. Title.
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Contents
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1 The rise of France, 1648-88 1
The peace of Westphalia, 1648
The last stage of the Franco-Spanish War, 1648-1659 6
Swedish supremacy in the north, 1648-1660 10
Louis XIV's assumption of power and the War of Devolution,
1661-1668 14
Louis XIV's preparations to attack the Dutch Republic,
1668-1672 23
The Dutch War, 1672-1679 28
The peace ofNymegen, 1678-1679 34
'The Arbiter of Europe', 1679-1688 36
2 TheriseofBritain, 1688-1714 43
The Nine Years War, 1688-1697 43
The peace ofRyswick, 1697 50
The War of the Spanish Succession: from diplomacy to war,
1697-1702 54
The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713/1714 58
The peace ofUtrecht-Rastadt, 1713-1714 63
3 The emergence ofA ustria and Russia, 1660-1721 67
The creation of the Austrian empire and the defeat of the Turks,
1660-1699 67
The Great Northern War, 1700-1721 77
The formation of the anti-Swedish coalition, 1697-1700 77
Charles XII defeats the northern allies, 1700-8 81
The collapse of the Swedish empire, 1708-16 83
The collapse of the northern coalition and the conclusion of
peace with Sweden, 1716-21 88
4 British diplomatic ascendancy and the entente, 1714-173 1 94
The European system after the peace ofUtrecht-Rastadt 94
Contents
Austro-Spanish rivalry and the beginnings of the Anglo-French
entente, 1714-1716 101
The Quadruple Alliance, 1717-1720 111
The collapse of the Quadruple Alliance system, 1720-1724 118
Uneasy peace in the north, 1721-1725 124
Cold War in Europe, 1724-1728 126
The decline of the Anglo-French entente, 1728-1731 134
5 The recovery ofP rance, 1731-1739 138
The European states system after the Second Treaty of
Vienna 138
The great powers and the Polish election of 1733 141
The War of the Polish Succession, 1733-1738 145
The Austro-Russian War against the Ottoman Empire,
1735-1739 154
6 A new pattern, 1739-1763 159
The War ofJ enkins' Ear 159
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 162
The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 171
The unofficial Anglo-French War in America, 1748-1755 177
The Diplomatic Revolution 181
The Seven Years War in Europe, 1756-1763 192
The Seven Years War overseas 197
7 Diplomacy and the European states system 201
8 Partition diplomacy in eastern Europe, 1763-1795 215
The European system after the Seven Years War 215
The first partition of Poland, 1763-1772 222
Habsburg attempts to acquire Bavaria, 1777-1785 229
Russian expansion in the Balkans, 1772-1792 234
The destruction of Poland, 1772-1795 242
9 Anglo-Bourbon relations in Europe and overseas, 1763-1790 253
Anglo-French relations after the Seven Years War,
1763-1774 253
Britain, the Bourbon powers and American independence,
1775-1783 257
British recovery and Bourbon eclipse, 1783-1790 265
10 Europe and the French Revolution, 1789-1802 272
The outbreak of the Revolution 272
The origins of the War of1792 275
The War of the First Coalition, 1793-1797 280
The War of the Second Coalition, 1798-1802 290
11 Napoleon and Europe, 1802-1815 303
Nepoleon and the European states system 303
The renewal of the Anglo-French War and the formation of the
Third Coalition, 1802-1805 305
The destruction of the Third Coalition, 1805-1807 311
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Tilsit and the Franco-Russian rapprochement 317
The Grand Empire 320
The challenge to the Napoleonic Empire, 1808-1812 325
The defeat of Napoleon, 1812-1815 333
12 The great powers in 1815 339
Bibliography 345
l\!laps 360
Index 370
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