The European world 1500-1800 : an introduction to early modern history
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The European world 1500-1800 : an introduction to early modern history
Routledge, 2023
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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A fully updated fourth edition written by a team of specialists. Enabling students to place early modern Europe within a global context and to see how Europe interacted with the broader early modern world through the exchange of ideas and goods.
New chapters on Environment and Food and Drink Cultures which provides students and lecturers with a narrative history and new examples in these fields at an introductory level.
The companion website now includes a primary source resource section with links and extracts from primary source material for lecturers to use in their seminars and students to use in their essays and an interactive map which pin points the key information about early modern cities, battles and trade routes, enabling students to engage with the early modern period in a variety of ways.
This fourth edition has been updated to include further information for students on key early modern terms, that they may not have come across before, and additional coverage of topics such as Eastern Europe, the English Civil War, the French Revolution and Jewish life. Ensuring students can obtain a full introduction to early modern European history, supporting their first year overview courses as well as more specialised classes as they continue their studies.
Table of Contents
Part I: Starting Points
I.1 Introduction
Beat Kumin
I.2 Europe in 1500
Humfrey Butters
Part II: Society and Economy
II.1 Environments
John Morgan
II.2
Gender and Family
Bernard Capp
II.3 Rural Society
Steve Hindle
II.4 Urban Society
Penny Roberts
II.5 Marginals and Deviants
Penny Roberts
II.6 Sickness and Health
Claudia Stein
II.7 The Early Modern Economy
Steve Hindle
Part III: Religion
III.1 Church and People at the Close of the Middle Ages
Beat Kumin and Peter Marshall
III.1A The Long Reformation - an introduction
Beat Kumin
III.2 The Long Reformation - Lutheran
Henry J. Cohn
III.3 The Long Reformation - Reformed
Penny Roberts
III.4 The Long Reformation - Catholic
Anne Gerritsen, Kevin Gould and Peter Marshall
III.5 Religious Culture in Early Modern Europe
Peter Marshall
III.6 Jews and Muslims
Henry J. Cohn
Part IV: The Wider World
IV.1 Beyond Europe c. 1500
Anne Gerritsen and Anthony McFarlane
IV.2 European Relations with the Ottoman World
James Baldwin
IV.3 Expanding Horizons
Anne Gerritsen and Anthony McFarlane
IV.4 Europe Overseas
Anthony McFarlane
IV.5 The Global Exchange of Goods
Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello
IV.6 Europe and the World c. 1800
Anne Gerritsen and Anthony McFarlane
Part V: Culture
V.1 Renaissance
Humfrey Butters
V.2 Arts and Society
Luca Mola
V.3 From Pen to Print
Mark Knights and Angela McShane
V.4 Food and Drink Cultures
Rebecca Earle and Beat Kumin
V.5 Popular Culture(s)
Bernard Capp
V.6 Witchcraft and Magic
Penny Roberts
V.7 The Scientific Revolution
Claudia Stein
V.8 Enlightenment
Colin Jones
Part VI: Politics
A) Surveys
VI.1 The Theory and Practice of Politics and Government
Humfrey Butters
VI.2 Dynastic Politics, Religious Conflict and Reason of State c.1500-1650
Humfrey Butters and Henry J. Cohn
VI.3 European Politics from the Peace of Westphalia to the French Revolution c.1650-1800
Colin Jones and Mark Knights
B) Themes
VI. 4 Courts and Centres
Stephane van Damme and Janet Dickinson
VI.5 Centre and Periphery
Steve Hindle and Beat Kumin
VI.6 The Impact of War
Jonathan Davies
VI.7 Riot and Rebellion
Bernard Capp
VI.8 Revolution
Bernard Capp and Colin Jones
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