... monarchs attempted to assert more and more of their authority against the power of their feudal nobility. Instead of relying on feudal charges for the bulk of their military power, Renaissance princes employed mercenaries in increasing numbers. Royal bureaucracies and legal systems also expanded. Not just content with expanding their royal rights within their states, European monarchs struggled with each other ... . In politics the Dutch and English retain constitutional, representative governments and hold fast to their civil liberties. In the early 1600's during the height of the Prote...

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