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... crisis , a crisis of the whole of society , and not merely an ' economic ' crisis in the narrow sense of the term . There was a short- term economic crisis , a product of the poor harvests of the 1630s , but far more important is the ...
... crisis , a crisis of the whole of society , and not merely an ' economic ' crisis in the narrow sense of the term . There was a short- term economic crisis , a product of the poor harvests of the 1630s , but far more important is the ...
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... crisis of the aristocracy , a crisis of power and prestige as much as of income . 18 Above all else , of course , it was a crisis of the state . Indeed , it is precisely this factor which makes of it a revolutionary crisis . There is a ...
... crisis of the aristocracy , a crisis of power and prestige as much as of income . 18 Above all else , of course , it was a crisis of the state . Indeed , it is precisely this factor which makes of it a revolutionary crisis . There is a ...
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... crisis as a simple consequence of the supposed general economic crisis . In opposition to this , Trevor - Roper argues for a complete separation of economic and political analysis , and for a theory of the general crisis of the European ...
... crisis as a simple consequence of the supposed general economic crisis . In opposition to this , Trevor - Roper argues for a complete separation of economic and political analysis , and for a theory of the general crisis of the European ...
Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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