 He then moved to consider the nature of early modern revolution itself, publishing a European-wide comparative survey of his results in two volumes, "Rebels and Rulers 1500-1600" (1982), a study of early modern European revolutions in particular, and especially differentiating them from the modern exemplar, the French Revolution.His next work "Ways of Lying" (1990) was in effect a counterpart study that looked at the effects on individuals as early modern states demanded various forms of loyalty oaths, often in pursuit of religious uniformity, and the emergence of counter-theories about the practice and acceptability of resisting such demands—the roots of the American notion of the right against self-incrimination.Zagorin then produced a series of monographs on particular participants in the troubles of 17th-century England, first "Milton