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Title Early modern Europe : an Oxford history / edited by Euan Cameron
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 402 pages) : illustrations
Contents Prologue: Europe and the world around / Anthony Pagden -- 1. The sixteenth century, c.1500-c.1618: The conditions of life for the masses / Alison Rowlands ; The power of the word : Renaissance and Reformation / Euan Cameron ; War, religion, and the state / Steven Gunn -- 2. Seventeenth century, c. 1618-c.1715: Colonies, enterprises, and wealth : the economies of Europe and the wider world / R.A. Houston ; Embattled faiths : religion and natural philosophy / Robin Briggs ; Warfare, crisis, and absolutism / Jeremy Black -- 3. The eighteenth century, c.1715-c.1789: A widening market in consumer goods / James C. Riley ; The enlightenment / Norman Hampson ; Europe turns East : political developments / H.M. Scott ; Epilogue: The old order transformed, 1789-1815 / T.C.W. Blanning
Summary "The contributors to Early Modern Europe set out to convey the feel of the changes in life, beyond the raw historical data. Their chapters are extensively illustrated with carefully chosen images which complement the text. The book considers the evolving economy and society - the basic facts of life for the majority of Europe's people. It shows how the religious and intellectual unity of western culture fragmented and dissolved under the impact of new ideas. It examines politics, not just as the rise and fall of empires, but for the emergence of modern attitudes and techniques in governing."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-380) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject HISTORY.
Sociaal-economische situatie.
SUBJECT Europe -- History -- 1492-1648. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045693
Europe -- History -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045698
Europe -- History -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045702
Subject Europe
Europe -- Histoire -- 1648-1789.
Europe -- Histoire -- 1789-1815.
Europe -- Histoire -- 1492-1648.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Cameron, Euan (Euan K.)
LC no. 98026115
ISBN 9780191588082
0191588083
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9781283097741
9786613097743
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0191606812
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