Communist and Non-Communist Historiography about the Seventeenth Century: Discourse, Chronology, Labels
Communist and Non-Communist Historiography about the Seventeenth Century: Discourse, Chronology, Labels

Summary/Abstract: The 17th century was both complex and complicated. Consequently, the historiographical opinions regarding this period were diverse and the labels that were put on these hundred years took different shapes and colours. The European historiography used many concepts for defining this century, such as diversity, crisis, absolutism, modern state etc. For the Romanian historiography, the main issue regarding the 17th century was the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era. Different historians – from the 19th to the 21st century – expressed different ideas, their vision being presented as a result of the main research themes.

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