... curriculum for historians studying the early modern period in Britain. It is based on a published lecture by Michael Roberts, delivered in 1955. This drew essentially on his detailed studies of early 17th century Sweden, and in particular the reign of Gustavus Adolphus (1611-32) and on Sweden's entry in 1630 into the Thirty Years War (1618-48) in which involved a large part of the Holy Roman Empire [3]. The idea may have made the developments of the following century (1660-1760) seem far less important. Roberts' Thesis may, therefore, be related to the generally dominant view taken by historians studying early European history, the view that sees a resolution of earlier crises culminating in a supposed mid-seventeenth century crisis, followed, after by relative stability within states and limited wars between them [4]. This supposed _____________________________________________________________________[1] J. Coulson (ed.), New Oxford Dictionary vol. 2, Oxford University Press (1976) [2] G. Parker, The ...

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