Format:
1 online resource (435 pages)
ISBN:
9780191588082
Content:
From the Renaissance and the Reformation to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, early modern Europe was a period of political and intellectual upheaval. This extensively illustrated book offers a new kind of introduction to Europe between 1500 and 1800. Eleven leading historians examine different aspects of politics, religion, culture, and daily life, putting together a convincing and fascinating picture of Europe as it moved from the middle ages to themodern era.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Editor 's Acknowledgements -- Editor's Introduction -- Prologue: Europe and the World Around -- Europe: The Myths of Europe -- A Continent and its Peoples -- The Cultural Inheritance -- Frontiers and Boundaries -- Technologies and their Impact -- The Sense of being European -- The Quest for Peace and Union -- I. The Sixteenth Century, c.1500-c.1618 -- 1. The Conditions of Life for the Masses -- Who were the Masses? -- The Peasant Household -- The Peasant Life-Cycle -- Ways of Coping -- Wider Links: Village, Lordship, Market -- The Processes of Change -- The Effects of Change -- The Urban Experience of the Lower Orders -- Conclusion -- 2. The Power of the Word: Renaissance and Reformation -- The Renaissance and the Word -- The Word Written and Printed -- The Ancient Word and the Ancient Tongue -- The Word of Exhortation -- Describing the World and the Universe -- The Word of Faith: The Old Faith -- The Reformation Challenge -- Reformed Churches and Reformed People -- The Old Church Responds -- Conclusion -- 3. War, Religion, and the State -- States and Borders -- The Habsburgs and their Rivals -- War and the State -- Courts and Government -- Society, Justice, and Sovereignty -- The Impact of Religious Change -- The Impact of Religious Division -- The Weak Monarchies of the East and the Coming of the Thirty Years War -- II. The Seventeenth Century, c.1618-c.1715 -- 4. Colonies, Enterprises, and Wealth: the Economies of Europe and the Wider World -- Introduction: Europe and the Wider World in 1600 -- People -- Land -- Cities -- Manufactures -- States, Colonies, and Commerce -- Europe and the Wider World -- Conclusion: A New World Economy? -- 5. Embattled Faiths: Religion and Natural Philosophy -- The Legacy of Renaissance and Reformation -- Religion: Rigour and Reform.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198207603
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780198207603
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=684607
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