The rhyme and reason of politics in early modern Europe : collected essays of Herbert H. Rowen

Part 1 The work of Herbert Rowen: Herbert Rowen and the tradition of early modern history in the US, T.K. Rabb; Herbert Rowen and the Dutch Republic, E.H. Kossmann; Selected reviews of the major books. Part 2 Making sense of the Dutch Republic: The Dutch Revolt - what kind of revolution?; The revolution that wasn't The Coup d'Etat of 1650 in Holland; Lieuwe van Altzema - A soured but knowing eye; John de Witt - the makeshift executive in a "Standestaat"; Management of estates in the 17th century - John de Witt, the States of Holland and the States General; John de Witt and the Triple Alliance; The Peace of Nijmegen - De Witt's revenge. Part 3 Absolutism between theory and practice: Arnauld de Pomponne - Louis XIV's moderate minister; Louis XIV and absolutism; L'Etat c'est a moi - Louis XIV and the State; A second thought on Locke's First Treatise. Part 4 The Dutch republic in comparative perspective: Proto-Jacobinism in the Dutch republic; The Union of Utrecht and the articles of confederation, the Batavian constitution and the American constitution - a double parallel; John Adams' vision of the Duty republic. Part 5 On historians and the practice of history; A sketch of Pieter Geyl; The historical work of Pieter Geyl: Wiliam F.Church - a historian's historian; Selected reviews by Herbert Rowen.