Shaping History
Subtitle: Ordinary People in European Politics, 1500-1700
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 31, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780520211704
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Political science & theory; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; History: World; Political History; Political Science; History - General History; Europe; Europe - General; History & Theory - General; History / General; 1492-1648; 1648-1715; Politics and government
First sentence: One of the most significant developments in European historical studies in the last four decades has been the explosion of research that allows us to take ordinary people seriously as political actors long before the creation of stable parliamentary democracies.