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The European World 1500-1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. It presents early modern Europe not as a mere transition phase, but a dynamic period worth studying in its own right.
List of contents
Part I: Starting Points
I.1 Introduction
Beat Kümin
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 Kümin and Peter Marshall
III.1A The Long Reformation – an introduction
Beat Kümin
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 Molà
V.3 From Pen to Print
Mark Knights and Angela McShane
V.4 Food and Drink Cultures
Rebecca Earle and Beat Kümin
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
Stéphane van Damme and Janet Dickinson
VI.5 Centre and Periphery
Steve Hindle and Beat Kümin
VI.6 The Impact of War
Jonathan Davies
VI.7 Riot and Rebellion
Bernard Capp
VI.8 Revolution
Bernard Capp and Colin Jones
Summary
The European World 1500-1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. It presents early modern Europe not as a mere transition phase, but a dynamic period worth studying in its own right.
