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Society (community)
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1. General character of early modern society

1.1. Models

Early modern European society was fundamentally shaped by two successive models of hegemony: estatist society (Estates, society of) and bourgeois society. They prevailed throughout Europe, even though in actuality there were innumerable variants. Remnants of estatist society survive to this day, for example, …

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Schmale, Wolfgang, “Society (community)”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_020092>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20180208



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