Black, Jeremy,  1955- <br/><br/>
Kings, nobles and commoners :  states and societies in early modern Europe, a revisionist history / 
 Kings, nobles & commoners 
Jeremy Black. 
 - London, UK ;  New York :  New York :  I.B. Tauris ;  Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,  2004. 
 - viii, 198 p. ;  pbk ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-191) and index. 
<br/><br/>The Ancien régime state : a growing power? --<br/>A states system? --<br/>Social dynamics --<br/>Chronological perspectives --<br/>Eighteenth-century consequences --<br/>The global dimension --<br/>Conclusions. 
<br/><br/> This study tackles key questions in the history of early modern Europe, such as: was religion the badge of identity and inspiration for the state? What was the nature of the state? Did Protestantism lead to political and economic progress and Catholicism to absolutism, decadence and extinction? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1860649866 (pbk.) 1860649858 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004302313 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-V3692 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and state--History.--Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--History--1492-1648.<br/>Europe--History--1648-1789.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.22/BLA