Revisions of papers presented at the "Pattern of the Early Modern past" conference, held in September, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-305) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Philip Benedict -- The general crisis of the seventeenth century : a bibliography -- The general crisis in retrospect : a debate without end / J.H. Rlliott -- New perspectives on the Bohemian crisis of the seventeenth century / Howard Louthan -- Loyalty and revolt in the Spanish monarchy / Luis Corteguera -- The crisis of the seventeenth century: the Nordic perspective / Marie-Louise Roden -- Religion and politics in the European struggle for stability, 1500-1700 / Philip Benedict -- The crisis of confidence in witchcraft and the crisis of authority / Edward Bever -- "Playing the part of angels" : the company of the Holy Sacrament and the struggle for stability in early modern France / Andrew E. Barnes -- Original sin, the struggle for stability, and the rise of moral individualism in late seventeenth-century England / Michael Heyd -- The European city hall as political and cultural space, 1500-1750 / Christopher R. Friedrichs -- Military technology and the struggle for stability, 1500-1700 / John F. Guilmartin, Jr.
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