Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 (Cambridge History of Europe) - Softcover

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521005213 ISBN 13: 9780521005210

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an experienced textbook author. Her recent books include Discovering the Ancient Past (2004), Gender in History (2001) and the second edition of Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (2000).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521005213
• ISBN 13: 9780521005210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 510