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By the mid-17th century several European monarchies were collapsing. Focusing on a key elite bonding strategy, this survey shows how monarchs resolved to work with, rather than against, their elites. Henshall's synthesis offers an argument for the coherence of the period - as the height of European monarchy and its elites.Henshall, Nicholas is the author of 'The Zenith of European Monarchy and its Elites: The Politics of Culture, 1650-1750 (European History in Perspective)', published 2010 under ISBN 9780333613900 and ISBN 0333613902.
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