Lineages of the Absolutist State
- Verso, 1974
- 576
A dazzlingly provocative narrative of the two millennium between Pericles and Louis XIV. Foreword, Western Europe, The Absolutist State in the West, Class and State: Problems of Periodization, Spain, France, England, Italy, Sweden, Eastern Europe, The Absolutist State in the East, Nobility and Monarchy: The Eastern Variant, Prussia, Poland, Austria, Russia, The House of Islam, Conclusions, Two Notes, Japanese Feudalism, The ''Asiatic Mode of Production'', Index of Names and Authorities.