mercantilism Giovanni Botero Della Ragion di Stato (1589) Reason of State James I Thomas Hobbes The Leviathon absolutism Marsiglio of Padua (d. 1343) Johannes Althusius (d. 1638) Thomas Cromwell Jean Bodin (1530-1596) The Six Books of the State (1576) social contract constitutionalism Charles V's abdication Philip II (d. 1598) métier du roi Val Tellina Spanish Road Treaty of Câteau-Cambrésis, Battle of Lepanto (1571) Peace of the Pyrénées (1659) R. Scheldt, R. Maas, R. Rhine Brabant, Flanders, Holland Antwerp Amsterdam fluyt (flyboat) regent class asiento 1634-1690 Exchange Bank of Amsterdam Bourse Henry III of France (d. 1589) Catherine de Medici Chambre d'Ardente the Dukes of Guise Henry of Guise the Kings of Navarre the Bourbons Henry IV of France (d. 1610) Edict of Nantes (1598) Henry IV's Grand DesignMaximilian of Bavaria Frederick IV, Elector Palatine Elector John George Saxony the Palatinate Catholic League Rudolf II (d. 1612) Mathias (d. 1618) Melchior Klesl Ferdinand II (d. 1635) Archduchy of Styria MajestätsbriefWilliam of Orange (d. 1586) John of Oldenbarneveldt (d. 1619) Maurice of Nassau (d. 1625) Union of Utrecht (1579) Advocate of Holland Stadholder Jacobus Arminius (d. 1609) Conrad Vorsius (d. 1622) Arminianism Erastianism Maurice of Nassau's coup d'etat (1618)Bohemia Fenstersturz (Defenestration) Battle of White Mountain (November 1620) the Winter King Albrecht Wallenstein (d. 1634) Christian IV Axel Oxenstierna Lutter am Baremberge (August, 1626) Treaty of Lübeck (May 1629) Edict of Restitution (8. March 1629) Mantuan Succession (1629/30) Gustavus Adolphus Treaty of Bärwalde (1631) Battle of Breitenfeld (September, 1631) Battle of Lützen (November, 1632) Battle of Nördlingen (September 1634 Peace of Prague Wilhelm V of Hessen-Kassel Battle of Rocroy (1643) Treaty of Westphalia (1648)