Historical sociology and research on state formation : the German tradition revisited
Towards a theoretical framework : rereading Norbert Elias
The decline of the Carolingian Empire and the disintegration of Europe. The figuration of feudal survival units, 800-
He resurgence of centripetal forces : 1050-
Centripetal forces. Two steps forward, one step back, 1300-1500
The European figuration of survival units 1494-1659 : from local to continental wars
the survival units in France, England, and Germany
The "military revolution"
The rise of civil society and a monetary economy
Sovereignty : from universality to particularity and from fragmentation to territorialization
France : from Stände-Staat to territorial state
England : a territorial centralized Stände-Staat
1500-1660
Germany
the competing survival units
The struggle for recognition
winners and losers
Some concluding remarks.