Sommaire
1. Introduction, p. 1-5
Part I. From the City Sate to the Roman Empire
2. From the Origins to the Polis, p. 9-36
3. The Roman Political Model: From, p. 37-64
4. From Territorial Power to Spiritual Rule: Christianity’s Political Dimension, p. 65-89
Part II. The Origins of the European “Nations”
5. From the Germanic Tribes to Kingdoms, p. 93-119
6. Popes vs. Emperors: The Rise and Fall of Papal Power, p. 121-152
7. From Public to Private Power: Europe in the Feudal Age, p. 153-173
Part III. The Origins of the “European States”
8. From Kings to Monarchs: The Resurgence of Public Power in Late Medieval Europe, p. 177-210
9. The Apogee of Royal Power: Absolute Monarchy (The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries), p. 211-256
10. From the Conservative King to the Reformist Monarch: The Stage of Enlightened Absolutism (Eighteenth Century), p. 257-286
11. From Absolute to Limited Monarchy: The British Origins of Parliamentary Government, p. 287-318
Part IV. The Rise of the Nation-State
12. From Monarchy to Representative Government: The American “Revolution”, p. 321-369
13. From Absolute Monarchy to Democratic Absolutism: The French Revolution, p. 371-413
14. The Return of the Monarchical Principle (I). The Origins of North American Presidentialism, p. 415-448
15. The Return of the Monarchical Principle (II). The French State. From Imperial Bonapartism to Republican Presidentialism, p. 449-487
16 .The Golden Era of Liberalism and the Apogee of the Nation-State, p. 489-554
17. The Triumph of the State Over the Nation: From Totalitarianism to Interventionism, p. 555-644
Part V. The End of the Nation State ?
18. The Crisis of the Nation-State in the Era of European Integration, p. 647-729
