Societal breakdown and the rise of the early modern state in Europe
Subtitle: memory of the future
By: Dmitry Shlapentokh
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780230603752
Subjects: Social aspects; Despotism; Social change; The State
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : revolution as disintegration; meltdown and the rise of the strong state; major theorists and framework of the work; title: Background to the early modern era; title: Crime in France in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; title: Medical implications : asocial process and disease; title: Persistent danger : asocial behavior in the sixteenth century; title: Conclusion : the rise of the despotic government.