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Factional Struggles' explores the dynamics of conflicts among ruling elites within cities, dynastic courts, rural areas and regional noble lineages during the early modern period. Building on case studies from France, Italy, the Empire and the Swiss Confederation, the essays collected by Mathieu Caesar in this volume highlight how factions were formed and how they shaped political society from the late Middle Ages. The authors have especially focused on how political and religious ideologies contributed to the formation of partisanship, the role of propaganda, and the significance and strategies of factional leaders. The volume shows how factions, despite the generally negative view of them held by theologians and jurists, were in practice accepted and used as political tools.

History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Aristocracy (Social class). --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Elite (Social sciences). --- History --- Europe. --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- History.

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History of the Low Countries --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- 949.19.02 --- Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden:--Nieuwe Tijd (16de-18de eeuw) --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- History. --- 1500-1599 --- Netherlands --- Netherlands. --- History --- Aristocracy (Social class). --- 1500-1599. --- 949.19.02 Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden:--Nieuwe Tijd (16de-18de eeuw)

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Since the seventeenth century, scholars have argued that kinship as an organizing principle and political order are antithetical. This book shows that this was simply not the case. Kinship, as a principle of legitimacy and in the shape of dynasties, was fundamental to political order. Throughout the last one and a half millennia of European and Middle Eastern history, elite families and polities evolved in symbiosis. By demonstrating this symbiosis as a basis for successful polities, Peter Haldén unravels long-standing theories of the state and of modernity. Most social scientists focus on coercion as a central facet of the state and indeed of power. Instead, Halden argues that much more attention must be given to collaboration, consent and common identity and institutions as elements of political order. He also demonstrates that democracy and individualism are not necessary features of modernity.

Kings and rulers --- Royal houses --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Kinship --- Military history. --- History. --- Political aspects --- History of Europe --- History of Asia --- anno 500-1499 --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2009 --- anno 2010-2019 --- Military history --- History --- Kings and rulers - History --- Royal houses - History --- Aristocracy (Social class) - History --- Kinship - Political aspects - History

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History of Germany and Austria --- Genealogy. Heraldy --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Nobility --- History. --- Germany --- History --- Social conditions. --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility

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History of the Netherlands --- anno 1800-1899 --- Nobility --- History --- Netherlands --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- 19th century --- Elite (Social sciences)