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9780521256124
In the context of continuing debates over Protestantism, capitalism and the absolutist state, this book presents a fresh historical and theoretical analysis of religion and politics in early modern Europe. The author undertakes a systematic comparative-historical analysis of the very different contributions made by the Puritan and Pietist movements to the success or failure of absolutist rule in England, Württemberg and Prussia.Fulbrook, Mary is the author of 'Piety and Politics: Religion and the Rise of Absolutism in England, Wurttemberg and Prussia', published 1983 under ISBN 9780521256124 and ISBN 0521256127.
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