Early modern Europe, 1450-1789

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Label

Early modern Europe, 1450-1789

Statement of responsibility

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Creator

• Wiesner, Merry E., 1952-

Subject

• Europe -- Civilization
• Europe -- History -- 1492-1648
• Europe -- History -- 1648-1789

Language

eng

Summary

The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to 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 skilfully 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.--

Member of

• Cambridge history of Europe

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Provided by publisher

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• The Cambridge history of Europe
• Cambridge University Press - Higher Education Textbooks