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An essential element in the task of state-building, to which the rulers of this age devoted themselves, was the acquisition of territory.
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For a discussion of territorial motives in these ages, See Evan Luard, War in International Society (London, 1986) esp. ch. 4, pp. 153–61.
Frederick the Great, Second Political Testament (Berlin, 1920) p. 212.
Frederick the Great, First Political Testament (Berlin, 1920) p. 59.
See L. R. Levitter, “Poland under the Saxon Kings”, in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. vii (Cambridge, 1957) pp. 389–90.
Frederick the Great, Les Principes du gouvernement prussien, 1776 (Berlin, 1920) p. 239. Frederick wrote this after the failure of his attempt to annex Saxony twenty years earlier.
Jerker, Rosen, “Scandinavia and the Baltic”, in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. V (Cambridge, 1961) p. 521.
See D. McKay and H. M. Scott, The Rise of the Great Powers, 1648–1815 (London, 1983) pp. 287–8.
Maria Theresa, Letters of an Empress, trs. Eileen Taylor (London, 1939) letter of 25 January 1772, p. 9.
M. S. Anderson, “European Diplomatic Relations, 1763–1790”, in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. vii (Cambridge, 1965) p. 270.
R. Hatton, “Charles XII and the Great Northern War”, in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. vi (Cambridge, 1970) p. 673.
R. Pick, The Emperor Maria Theresa (London, 1966), p. 107.
See L. B. Lewitter, “The Partitions of Poland”, in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. viii (Cambridge, 1965) esp. p. 359.
In particular, Austria wanted compensation for any gains made by Russia in Poland or by Prussia in Saxony. For a description of this bargaining, E. V. Gulick, Europe’s Classical Balance of Power (Ithaca, 1955) pp. 95–237.
Frederick the Great, Testament politique, 1768 (Berlin, 1920) p. 228.
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Luard, E. (1992). Territory. In: The Balance of Power. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21927-8_7
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