TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Jeremy
TI  - Kings, nobles and commoners: states and societies in early modern Europe, a revisionist history 
SN  - 1860649866 (pbk.)
U1  - 940.22/BLA 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, UK, New York, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris, Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Religion and state
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - 1492-1648
KW  - 1648-1789
N1  - 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
N2  - 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?
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol055/2004302313.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004302313.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004302313.html
ER  -