Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789

by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

• ISBN13: 9780521005210
• ISBN10: 0521005213
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Covering European history from the invention of the printing press to the French Revolution, this accessible and engaging textbook offers an innovative account of people's lives, from a variety of backgrounds, in the early modern period and within the global context of European developments. Six central topics - individuals in society, politics and power, cultural and intellectual life, religion, economics and technology - are explored in two chronological sections, 1450-1600 and 1600-1789. The text takes in Europe in its entirety, eastward to the Ottoman Empire, northward to Sweden, and southward to Portugal, includes European colonies overseas, and integrates religious, ethnic, gender, class, and regional differences. Students are encouraged to think about continuities as well as changes across this formative period and throughout the text, maps, illustrations, timelines, and textboxes of original sources and featured topics illuminate the narrative. Online resources include primary source material, music examples and regularly updated bibliographies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

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 technology, 1450-1600

7. Europe in the world, 1450-1600

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 technology, 1600-1789

13. Europe in the world, 1600-1789

Index.