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Title

Mirrors of revolution : conflict and political identity in early modern Europe / by Francesco Benigno.

Author

Benigno, Francesco.

Publication

Turnhout : Brepols, c2010.

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Description

x, 332 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"From the English Civil War to the Fronde, from Masaniello to Robespierre, this book is one of the first attempts to create a European, transnational approach to the problems of the early modern age. It proposes a detailed reconstruction of the main interpretative tendencies that have developed around the English Civil War, the French Revolution, the so-called 'Seventeenth-Century Crisis': the Fronde and the Neapolitan revolt of Masaniello. And yet, Mirrors of Revolution agrees with neither the traditional social interpretations of the causes of revolt, nor with revisionist approaches that privilege the influence of discursive registers. Instead, it proposes an original interpretation of revolution based on the concept of political identity. In the terms of this analysis, revolutions do not reveal previously hidden social groups. Rather, revolutions become the central ground upon which new identities coalesce. With its usage of the Fronde and Masaniello as case-studies for extensive investigation, Mirrors of Revolution outlines a challenging and exciting reformulation of the concept, and causes, of revolution."--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Late medieval and early modern studies ; 16

Uniform Title

• Specchi della rivoluzione. English
• Late medieval and early modern studies ; v. 16.

Alternative Title

Specchi della rivoluzione.

Subject

• Revolutions > Europe > Historiography
• Revolutions > Europe > History > 17th century
• Revolutions > Europe > History > 18th century
• Europe > History > 17th century
• Europe > History > 18th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Translation of Specchi della rivoluzione. Roma : Donzelli, c1999.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction to the English translation -- Introduction to the Italian edition of 1999 -- Revisionism compared -- Rethinking the crisis of the seventeenth century -- "Winds of the Fronde" : the revolution before the revolution -- The mystery of Masaniello.

ISBN

• 9782503528977 (hbk.)
• 250352897X (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2010549006

OCLC

619946300

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library