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[folti]

Star forts were just, overall, not super common compared to the high middle ages castle mania, but military and administrative power still tended to be linked in the early modern period.

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Duh, of course they were less common, because unlike castles, they were more expensive to build, maintain and garrison, thus only the super rich, and the emerging more centralized states could afford them.

Also the change of warfare and the improvement of general security situation led to the nobility moving away from castles to various other forms of dwelling (great house, mansion, palace, country house, or in the Alps, ansitz) even at the countryside, which were both more elaborate, and had minimal to none military value, outside of being able to fend off some bandits.

 

[stratigo]

Duh, of course they were less common, because unlike castles, they were more expensive to build, maintain and garrison, thus only the super rich, and the emerging more centralized states could afford them.

Also the change of warfare and the improvement of general security situation led to the nobility moving away from castles to various other forms of dwelling (great house, mansion, palace, country house, or in the Alps, ansitz) even at the countryside, which were both more elaborate, and had minimal to none military value, outside of being able to fend off some bandits.

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Centralization didn't separate the administration of government and the command of military. It mostly made it so that there were fewer people needed at the top to run things. I'm not certain that their, as in the heads of state, particular residences weren't, in many ways, military as well.

 

[folti]

Centralization didn't separate the administration of government and the command of military. It mostly made it so that there were fewer people needed at the top to run things. I'm not certain that their, as in the heads of state, particular residences weren't, in many ways, military as well.

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Yes and no. On one hand military started to became more of the state's matter, with monarchs relying less and less on feudal levies, and nobles' retinues, and more on full time professionals and mercenaries. You also see head of states going on campaigns less and less in the 16th century, relying on trained officers to lead their troops and conduct military campaigns.

State administration were getting more elaborate too, especially under the absolutist rulers, with various branches getting separated from each other, not all of them are serving the needs of the military.

And nope, heads of states' residences ware getting less and less military too. They are starting to live in either in palaces in cities like, which may or may not be fortified, like Vienna, and/or on rural estates built around a mansion/palace (some languages make a difference, some doesn't), with minimal or no military value.

 

[stratigo]

Yes and no. On one hand military started to became more of the state's matter, with monarchs relying less and less on feudal levies, and nobles' retinues, and more on full time professionals and mercenaries. You also see head of states going on campaigns less and less in the 16th century, relying on trained officers to lead their troops and conduct military campaigns.

State administration were getting more elaborate too, especially under the absolutist rulers, with various branches getting separated from each other, not all of them are serving the needs of the military.

And nope, heads of states' residences ware getting less and less military too. They are starting to live in either in palaces in cities like, which may or may not be fortified, like Vienna, and/or on rural estates built around a mansion/palace (some languages make a difference, some doesn't), with minimal or no military value.

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But... you don't.

I think the is a bit of an issue in that we take too much of and anglo centric look at history and extrapolate the english experience onto the rest of Europe. But, like, heads of state or members of the extended royal family regularly led armies through the early modern period. The English state is simply much different. Its path to centralization didn't run through Louis' absolutism, but its military command rested firmly, very firmly, in the hands of the aristocracy that is represented in and by parliament and its particular and often contentious relations with the monarch.