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List of illustrations List of tables List of contributors Preface List of abbreviations 1. Introduction Karel Davids and Jan Lucassen 2. Similar problems, different outcomes: the Revolt of the Netherlands and the Wars of Religion in France Henk van Nierop 3. The Dutch Republic: the urban impact upon politics Marjolein 't Hart 4. Rulers, patricians and burghers: the Great and Little traditions of urban revolt in the Low Countries Marc Boone and Maarten Prak 5. The political culture of Germany and the Dutch Republic: similar roots, different results Olaf Morke 6. Britain and the Dutch Republic William Speck 7. Church, state and people Wiebe Bergsma 8. Literacy, trade and religion in the commercial centres of Europe Margaret Spufford 9. Art and commerce in the Dutch Republic Michael North 10. Access to credit and capital in the commercial centres of Europe Peter Spufford 11. Shifts of technological leadership in early modern Europe Karel Davids 12. Labour and early modern economic development Jan Lucassen 13. Early modern economic growth and the standard of living: did labour benefit from Holland's Golden Age? Leo Noordegraaf and Jan Luiten van Zanden 14. Conclusion Karel Davids and Jan Lucassen Bibliography Indices.
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