It's a fair point. As an early modernist studying European warfare, rebellion and revolution, it never ceases to amaze me how conservative and even reactionary the outcomes invariably are. The English republic, for example, failed because no one was able to see beyond the construct of Monarchy and the outcome was Lord Protector Oliver, a king in all but name- and it's with us yet, sadly.

Many historians forget the central position of religion in the European wars of the 17th century- and that centrality is why the Marxist viewpoint of Hill et all never worked for me.