Peníze, nebo prestiž? Soudní spor o autorství Vančurových Obrazů z dějin národa českého by Bohumil Jiroušek

“…Above mentioned historians claimed their collaboration with Vladislav Vančura as an es- sential piece of Marxist historiography concerning the Czech history, and they also claimed a part of the royalty. …”
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Lithuania in the Centrai and Eastem Europe of the 16th-18th Centuries: "Feudal Reaction" or Peripheral Capitalism? by Darius Žiemelis

“…The problem that the article is concerned with is the nature of the second serfdom in Central and Eastern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries: was this refeudalization in the Marxist sense, or peripheral capitalism in the CWS context? In Marxist historiography (beginning with Friedrich Engels), the concept of the second serfdom means the process of refeudalization. …”
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The absolutist origin of capitalism by Nicolas Pinsard

“…This paper offers new insights into the role of absolutism in Marxist historiography. It argues that absolutism constitutes a distinct social formation from feudalism, paving the way for the transition to capitalism by proletarianizing a part of the French peasantry.…”
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