1 Arthur L.Stinchcombe,Constructing Social Theories(New York:Harcourt, Brace World,1968),p.150;italics in the original. 2 Fernand Braudel,La Mediterranee et le monde mediterraneen a l'epoque de Philippe ll(Paris:Armand Colin,1966),vol.2,pp.88-89. 3 Lawrence Stone,The Crisis of the Aristocracy (Oxford:Clarendon Press. 1965),p.200. 4 Dietrich Gerhard,Old Europe:A Study of Continuity,1000-1800 (New York:Academic Press,1981),pp.124-25. Jan de Vries,The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis,1600-1750 (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,1976). 6V.G.Kiernan,State and Society in Europe,1550-1650(Oxford:Blackwell, 1980),p.104.For French finances,see Alain Guery,"Les Finances de la Monarchie Francaise sous I'Ancien Regime,"Annales Economies,Societes, Civilisations 33(1978),p.227. Earl J.Hamilton,"Origin and Growth of the National Debt in France and England,"in Studi in onore di Gino Luzzato (Milan:Giuffre,1950),vol.2,p. 254. 81bid,pp.247,249. 9Ibid.,p.254. 1 G.R.Elton,"Taxation for War and Peace in Early-Tudor England,"in War and Economic Development:Essays in Memory of David Joslin,ed.J. M.Winter(Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,1975),p.42. 11 Peter Mathias,The Transformation of England:Essays in the Economic and Social History of England in the Eighteenth Century (New York: Oxford University Press,1979),p.122. George Modelski.Th Long Cycle of Global Politics and the Nation State,"Comparative Studies in Society and History 20(1978):231.1 Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Constructing Social Theories (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968), p. 150; italics in the original. 2 Fernand Braudel, La Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II (Paris: Armand Colin, 1966), vol. 2, pp. 88-89. 3 Lawrence Stone, The Crisis of the Aristocracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965), p. 200. 4 Dietrich Gerhard, Old Europe: A Study of Continuity, 1000-1800 (New York: Academic Press, 1981), pp. 124-25. 5 Jan de Vries, The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976). 6 V. G. Kiernan, State and Society in Europe, 1550-1650 (Oxford: Blackwell, 1980), p. 104. For French finances, see Alain Guery, "Les Finances de la Monarchie Française sous l'Ancien Regime," Annales Economies, Societes, Civilisations 33 (1978), p. 227. 7 Earl J. Hamilton, "Origin and Growth of the National Debt in France and England," in Studi in onore di Gino Luzzato (Milan: Giuffre, 1950), vol. 2, p. 254. 8 Ibid., pp. 247, 249. 9 Ibid., p. 254. 10 G. R. Elton, "Taxation for War and Peace in Early-Tudor England," in War and Economic Development: Essays in Memory of David Joslin, ed. J. M. Winter (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975), p. 42. 11 Peter Mathias, The Transformation of England: Essays in the Economic and Social History of England in the Eighteenth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979), p. 122. 12 George Modelski, "The Long Cycle of Global Politics and the Nation State," Comparative Studies in Society and History 20 (1978): 231