Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe
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Publication Date
2012-06Journal Title
Intellectual History Review
ISSN
1749-6977
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Online
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
302-304
Language
en
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Article
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Smith, D. (2012). Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe. Intellectual History Review, 22 (2), 302-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2012.694185
Abstract
This fascinating and important collection of essays grew out of a conference held at the University
of Sussex in July 2010. Collectively, the papers do much to deepen and enrich our understanding
of monarchism and absolutism in early modern Europe. As several of the contributors point out,
these are examples of words ending in ‘ism’ that were not used in the early modern period. As a
result, they have proved notoriously slippery in the historiography and they pose intractable problems of definition as well as real hazards of anachronism. These essays go a long way towards
clarifying what such terms might mean and how they should and should not be used.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2012.694185
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/292514
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