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Holland under Habsburg rule, 1506-1566: the formation of a body politic

By James D. Tracy

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0520068823, 9780520068827
LCC
DJ401.H64 T73 1990
Google Books ID
NXaCvVb9hvcC
Open Library ID
OL1858342M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1156813 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Under what conditions were limited forms of self-government possible in medieval and early modern Europe? While many historians have sought an answer by focusing on the development of parliamentary institutions in emerging national monarchies, or investigating the wider autonomy enjoyed by various city-states within their own borders, James Tracy looks instead at an intermediate level of political organization, the self-governing province. Readers of medieval and early modern European history will learn here how the province of Holland, during the reigns of Charles V and Philip II (1506-1566), effectively underwent an apprenticeship in self-government.

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