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Early modern Europe, 1450-1789, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

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Early modern Europe, 1450-1789

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Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Cambridge history of Europe, v. 2

"The title of this book, and perhaps also of the course for which you are reading it, is Early Modern Europe. The dates in the title inform you about the chronological span covered (1450-1789), but they do not explain the designation "early modern." That term was developed by historians seeking to refine an intellectual model first devised during this very period, when scholars divided European history into three parts: ancient (to the end of the Roman Empire in the west in the fifth century), medieval (from the fifth century to the fifteenth), and modern (from the fifteenth century to their own time). In this model, the break between the Middle Ages and the modern era was marked by the first voyage of Columbus (1492) and the beginning of the Protestant Reformation (1517), though some scholars, especially those who focused on Italy, set the break somewhat earlier with the Italian Renaissance. This three-part periodization became extremely influential, and as the modern era grew longer and longer, historians began to divide it into "early modern"--The Renaissance or Columbus to the French Revolution in 1789 - and what we might call "truly modern"--the French Revolution to whenever they happened to be writing"--, Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note:, Structure of the book, Sources for early modern history, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, PART I, 1., Europe in the world of 1450, Travel beyond Europe, Individuals in society, Politics and power, Cultural and intellectual life, Religious institutions, ideas, and practices, Economics and technology, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 2., Individuals in society, 1450-1600, The body, The life cycle: childhood and youth, The life cycle: sexuality, The life cycle: marriage, The life cycle: widowhood and old age, The life cycle: death, Family, kin, and community networks, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 3., Politics and power, 1450-1600, Military technology and organization, Standing armies and navies, Taxes, bureaucracies, and marital politics, The British Isles, France, Spain and Portugal, The Holy Roman Empire, The Ottoman Empire, Eastern and northern Europe, Italy, Power at the local level, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 4., Cultural and intellectual life, 1450-1600, Schools and education, Political theory, Humanism, Vernacular literature and drama, Music and art, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 5., Religious reform and consolidation, 1450-1600, The early Reformation, The Reformation in England, The radical Reformation, Social change and the Reformation, Religious wars, Calvinism, The Catholic Reformation, Later religious wars, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 6., Economics and technology, 1450-1600, Capitalism, economic theory, and population growth, Late medieval agriculture, Rural developments in western Europe, Neo-serfdom and slavery in eastern Europe, Mining and metallurgy, Cloth and commerce, Banking and money-lending, Urban life, Poverty and crime, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 7., Europe in the world, 1450-1600, Indian Ocean connections, Chinese and Portuguese voyages, Columbus's background and voyages, Early voyagers after Columbus, Europeans in Asia: merchants and missionaries, Europeans in Africa: slavers and sugar growers, Europeans in the Americas: conquerors and miners, Global connections and the Columbian exchange, Chapter summary, Part summary, 1450-1600, Questions, Further reading, PART II, 8., Individuals in society, 1600-1789, The social body: orders and classes, The writing body: letters and diaries, The inner body: emotions and passions, The studied body: anatomy and medical theory, The treated body: medicine and public health, The reproducing body: childbirth and contraception, The deviant body: sex crimes and scandals, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 9., Politics and power, 1600-1789, Absolutism in theory and practice, Warfare and alliances, France, Spain and Portugal, The British Isles, The Dutch Republic, The Ottoman Empire, Hapsburg lands, Brandenburg-Prussia, Sweden and Poland, Russia, Enlightened rulers, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 10., Cultural and intellectual life, 1600-1789, Learned societies, salons, and newspapers, Ancient authorities and new methods in science, The revolution in astronomy, Mathematics, motion, and the mind of God, Reason, knowledge, and property, Natural rights and their limits in the Enlightenment, Literature and drama, Art and architecture, Music, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 11., Religious consolidation and renewal, 1600-1789, Protestant state churches, Church and state in Catholicism, Spiritualism and pietism, Moravians and Methodists, Gender issues in western Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Witchcraft, Judaism, Islam, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 12., Economics and technology, 1600-1789, Agricultural change and rural protests, Population growth, Proto-industry and manufactories, Industry and the Industrial Revolution, Commerce, banking, and money, Chapter summary, Questions, Further reading, 13., Europe in the world, 1600-1789, Explorations, Trade and colonies in the Indian Ocean, Trade and colonies in the Caribbean, Trade and colonies in the Atlantic, Colonies, difference, and race, The effects of colonialism, Chapter summary, Epilogue, Questions, Further reading