A Miracle Mirrored

• 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 Mörke; 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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