E O P L E Shaping History Shaping History Ordinary People in European Politics 1500-1700 Wayne te Brake UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley / Los Angeles / London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press London, England Copyright © 1998 by the Regents of the University of Califonia Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Te Brake, Wayne Philip. Shaping history: ordinary people in European politics, 1500-1700 / Wayne te Brake. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-21170-7 (cloth: alk. paper). —ISBN 0-520-21318-1 (ppk.: alk. paper) 1. Europe—Politics and government—1492-1648. 2. Europe— Politics and governement—1648-1715.1. Title. D231.B73 1998 940.2—dc2i 97-36930 CIP Printed in the United States of America 123456789 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984 For Neiva, Martin, Maria, and, Nicholas