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Covering European history from the invention of the printing press to the French Revolution, the third edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated with new scholarship and an emphasis on environmental history, travel and migration, race and cultural blending, and the circulation of goods and knowledge. Summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations, and discussion questions illuminate the narrative and support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give students the tools they need to study early modern European history. Leading historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks skillfully balances breadth and depth of coverage to create a strong narrative, paying particular attention to the global context of European developments. She integrates discussion of gender, class, regional, and ethnic differences across the entirety of Europe and its overseas colonies as well as the economic, political, religious, and cultural history of the period.
Table des matières
Introduction; Part I: 1. Europe in the world of 1450; 2. Individuals in society, 1450-1600; 3. Politics and power, 1450-1600; 4. Cultural and intellectual life, 1450-1600; 5. Religious reform and consolidation, 1450-1600; 6. Economics and the environment, 1450-1600; 7. Europe in the world, 1450-1600; Part II: 8. Individuals in society, 1600-1789; 9. Politics and power, 1600-1789; 10. Cultural and intellectual life, 1600-1789; 11. Religious consolidation and renewal, 1600-1789; 12. Economics and the environment, 1600-1789; 13. Europe in the world, 1600-1789; Index.
A propos de l'auteur
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an experienced textbook author. Her recent books include What Is Early Modern History? (Wiley, 2021), Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World (third edition, Routledge, 2020), and A Concise History of the World (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
Résumé
The third edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated, with an emphasis on the global and environmental context of European developments in the early modern period. Sections on sources and methodology give students the tools needed to study the period. This acclaimed textbook offers unmatched breadth and depth of coverage.
