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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.
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.
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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.
