ABSTRACT
THEMODERNrevolutionarytraditionbeginswithbothwordanddeed: prophecyandincarnation.Firstcametheslowgrowthoftheideaof secularrevolutioninearlymodernEurope.Thencamethefactofa totallynewkindofupheavalwithinthelargestcityofthemightiest powerinEurope.
