01905cam a2200385 a 4500 13701779 AU-EpEBC 20130814090509.0 040827s2004 enk b 001 0 eng d 2004302313 GBA3-V3692 1860649866 (pbk.) 1860649858 (OCoLC)ocm52829368 UKM UKM OCLCQ CUS C#P DLC NEMB lccopycat e------ 940.22/BLA EW Black, Jeremy, 1955- Kings, nobles and commoners : states and societies in early modern Europe, a revisionist history / Jeremy Black. Kings, nobles & commoners London, UK ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. viii, 198 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-191) and index. The Ancien régime state : a growing power? -- A states system? -- Social dynamics -- Chronological perspectives -- Eighteenth-century consequences -- The global dimension -- Conclusions. 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? Religion and state Europe History. Europe History 1492-1648. Europe History 1648-1789. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol055/2004302313.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004302313.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004302313.html ddc 36848 36848 0 0 ddc 0 0 900 History and geography MAIN MAIN OS 2013-08-08 Donated by John Millar, 2013. 42.95 0 940.22/BLA 14230 2015-09-30 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-08-08 AM