Introduction: Interpreting early modern Europe / C. Scott Dixon and Beat Kumin -- Medieval and modern / Euan Cameron -- Identities and encounters / Charles H. Parker -- Gender and social structures / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- Renaissance / Edward Muir -- Reformations / C. Scott Dixon -- Media and communication / Mark Greengrass -- Material cultures / Bruno Blonde and Wouter Ryckboch -- The state / James Collins -- War and the military revolution / Christopher Storrs -- Expansion, space and people / Dagmar Freist -- Commerce and industry / Maarten Prak -- Science and reason / John Henry -- Popular cultures and witchcraft / Kathryn Edwards -- Political thought / Noah Dauber -- Enlightenment struggles / Dorinda Outram -- French revolution / Paul Hanson -- Turns and perspectives / Beat Kumin.
Summary:
"Interpreting Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive collection of essays on the historiography of the early modern period (circa 1450-1800). Supported by extensive bibliographies, primary materials, and appendices with extracts from key secondary debates, Interpreting Early Modern Europe provides a systematic exploration of how historians have shaped the study of the early modern past. It is essential reading for students of early modern history"-- Provided by publisher.
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