Absolutism in Central Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415150439)

Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians, political and social scientists. This book investigates how scholars from a variety of disciplines have defined and explained political development across what was formerly known as the 'age of absolutism'. It assesses whether the term still has utility as a tool of analysis and it explores the wider ramifications of the process of state-formation from the experience of central Europe from the early seventeenth century to the start of the nineteenth.

Author: Peter Wilson
ISBN-10: 0415150434
ISBN-13: 9780415150439
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2000
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.45w x 0.61d