Introduction : revolution as disintegration; meltdown and the rise of the strong state; major theorists and framework of the work
Background to the early modern era
Crime in France in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
Medical implications : asocial process and disease
Persistent danger : asocial behavior in the sixteenth century
Conclusion : the rise of the despotic government.
Societal breakdown and the rise of the early modern state in Europe : memory of the future by Dmitry Shlapentokh. ISBN 9780230603752. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.