Pre-national armies held together only by force and pay, not loyalty

Evidence

By this crisis and its manner of resolution two principles had been established from which important consequences flowed. One was that the King had no right to despatch the feudal host wherever he might choose. This limitation sounded the death-knell of the feudal levy, and inexorably led in the following century to the rise of indentured armies serving for pay. The second point of principle now recognised was that the King could not plead “urgent necessity” as reason for imposing taxation without consent. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 461 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Armies composed of mercenaries and marginals predate modern states; Fellahin soldiers may have seen the army as a national force; Limitations on monarchy led to the rise of paid armies. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 461 (+3 more)

Related

• Limitations on monarchy led to the rise of paid armies. (similarity 0.89)
• Pre-national-state armies relied on pay and coercion rather than patriotism to hold together (similarity 0.84)
• Fellahin soldiers may have seen the army as a national force (similarity 0.81)
• Feudalism’s crisis begins when the aristocracy loses its military-technical monopoly (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Officers in Mehmed Ali’s army behaved as mercenaries loyal to pay, not national identity #exemplifies (0.85)
• Limitations on monarchy led to the rise of paid armies. #expands (0.70) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 461