Territorial state capacity and elite violence from the 6th to the 19th century

@article{Baten2021TerritorialSC,
  title={Territorial state capacity and elite violence from the 6th to the 19th century},
  author={Jorg Baten and Thomas Keywood and Georg Wamser},
  journal={European Journal of Political Economy},
  year={2021},
  pages={102037}
}
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