The Established Powers | The Old Regimes

Britain and France were the dominant European powers of the eighteenth century.

At the beginning of the century Spain was still powerful, though it would decline throughout the century.

The Dutch remained prosperous, while the once-powerful Swedes declined even further. Economic change was the touchstone.

Possibly Related History:

• The Thirty Years’ War: Intervention by Denmark and Sweden, 1625-1635 | The Great Powers in Conflict
• The Thirty Years’ War: The Habsburg-Bourbon Conflict, 1635-1648 | The Great Powers in Conflict
• Other States of Western Europe | The Old Regimes
• The Dutch Republic, 1602-1672 | The Great Powers in Conflict
• The Old Regimes