On the Modernity of the Dutch Republic
Jan Devries
The political and economic institutions of the Dutch Republic puzzle historian. Closely juxtaposed are elements suggesting a tantalizing precociousness which hearken to medieval past. was creation revolution; it can be identified as first European state throw off monarchical regime bring bourgeois social class full power. On other hand, foremost motive behind this rebellion resistance medieval, municipal particularism governmental centralization—to modernization, if you will.
The Journal of Economic History