Preface; Part III. Revolutions (continued): 9. Provincial rebellion; 10. Revolutionary civil war: the French civil war; 11. Revolutionary civil war: the Netherlands rebellion; 12. Revolutionary civil war: the English revolution; 13. Revolutionary civil war: the Fronde; 14. Epilogue; Index.
"...a landmark in the long and continuing debates about revolution
in general and the nature of early modern European revolution in
particular...it will undoubtedly have some significance for every
serious student of early modern European society...the qualities of
clarity and cogency which [Zagorin] brings to bear on fundamental
but thorny issues will most certainly prove of value [to] students
and professional scholars alike." Jonathan Israel, Comparative
Studies in Society and History
"The attempt is ambitious; it compels admiration for the range of
Zagorin's knowledge of the period and its bibliography and for his
skill as a synthesizer. It is certainly useful to see these
revolutions, from the revolt of the Comuneros to the Fronde, in
comparative context...a valuable empirical study of some important
episodes of European history, broadly related to each other in that
almost all involved defensive revolts by 'traditional' societies
against the encroachments of the modern centralizing state." David
Underdown, Renaissance Quarterly
"Rebels and Rulers provides thoughtful summaries of many early
conflicts, informed by a good sense of the political and social
structures behind them, a hostility to forcing them into general
schemes, and an aversion to interpreting them as expressions of
class division." Charles Tilly, American Historical Review
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