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Black, Jeremy. Kings, nobles and commoners: states and societies in early modern Europe, a revisionist history. I.B. Tauris, 2004. 198p bibl index ISBN 1860649858, $65.00; ISBN 1860649866 pbk, $24.50
This work attempts to defend a "revisionist" account of early modern politics and society (c. 1550-1800). Black (Univ. of Exeter) downplays traditional conceptions of state-formation, the goals...