2
Rise of the nation-state.
§
Lower communication
and coordination costs.
§
Population increase.
§
Change in military
technology?
§
Pike and longbow.
§
Gunpowder.
Increase in the MES of military technology.
The Battle of Crécy (1346). Jean Froissart,
Chronicles.
Flanders, 15th Century.
Biblioth
è
que Nationale de France.
