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The European World 1500-1800 Beat Kumin

The European World 1500-1800 By Beat Kumin

The European World 1500-1800 by Beat Kumin

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Summary

The European World 1500-1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. It presents early modern Europe not as a mere transition phase, but a dynamic period worth studying in its own right.

The European World 1500-1800 Summary

The European World 1500-1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History by Beat Kumin

  • A fully updated fourth edition written by a team of specialists. Enabling students to place early modern Europe within a global context and to see how Europe interacted with the broader early modern world through the exchange of ideas and goods.

  • New chapters on Environment and Food and Drink Cultures which provides students and lecturers with a narrative history and new examples in these fields at an introductory level.

  • The companion website now includes a primary source resource section with links and extracts from primary source material for lecturers to use in their seminars and students to use in their essays and an interactive map which pin points the key information about early modern cities, battles and trade routes, enabling students to engage with the early modern period in a variety of ways.

  • This fourth edition has been updated to include further information for students on key early modern terms, that they may not have come across before, and additional coverage of topics such as Eastern Europe, the English Civil War, the French Revolution and Jewish life. Ensuring students can obtain a full introduction to early modern European history, supporting their first year overview courses as well as more specialised classes as they continue their studies.

The European World 1500-1800 Reviews

'This is one of the only textbooks to portray the early modern period as a distinctive era in its own right and to fully explore its richness and diversity. The European World provides an authoritative survey of the period's characteristic developments, an overview of the latest scholarly perspectives and an original selection of easily accessible source fragments.'

Bart Lambert, University of York, UK

'An informative, synthetic account of the major themes in early modern European history. The authors introduce readers to an array of histories (social, economic, religious, etc.) which they may not have encountered before and encourage further specialised reading . . . the illustrative examples are useful and pertinent.'
Stephen Bowd, University of Edinburgh

'This impressive textbook provides a firm basis for any further student research. Easy to read, it delivers in-depth considerations of the most important developments of the European early modern period.'
Renate Durr, University of Tubingen

'Didactically, it is all brilliantly executed, especially compared to some German textbooks and it is easy to read, without being simplistic.'
Wolfgang Reinhard, Zeitschrift fur Historische Forschung

'One of the best introductions to this period I have seen.'
Retha Warnicke, Arizona State University

'A student-friendly text, well written by excellent scholars who make the reader want to turn the page. The European World, 1500-1800, contains analytical chapters on a variety of both traditional and recent historical topics while excelling in comparative descriptions of life throughout Europe, between different centuries, and between Europe and the wider world.'
Richard M. Golden, University of North Texas

This is a well-organized, thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of a seminal period in the history of Europe. It draws upon current scholarship to provide a useful overview the major themes of early modern European history. Its thematic approach is especially helpful in getting students to think about the past in new and fruitful ways.
Christine Kooi, Louisiana State University.

About Beat Kumin

Beat Kumin is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warwick, UK. His previous publications include Drinking Matters: Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe (2007) and Imperial Villages: Cultures of Political Freedom in the German Lands (2019). He has also - with C. Scott Dixon - co-edited the partnering volume Interpreting Early Modern Europe (2019), which supports students with surveys of key debates in early modern historiography.

Table of Contents

Part I: Starting Points

I.1 Introduction

Beat Kumin

I.2 Europe in 1500

Humfrey Butters

Part II: Society and Economy

II.1 Environments

John Morgan

II.2

Gender and Family

Bernard Capp

II.3 Rural Society

Steve Hindle

II.4 Urban Society

Penny Roberts

II.5 Marginals and Deviants

Penny Roberts

II.6 Sickness and Health

Claudia Stein

II.7 The Early Modern Economy

Steve Hindle

Part III: Religion

III.1 Church and People at the Close of the Middle Ages

Beat Kumin and Peter Marshall

III.1A The Long Reformation - an introduction

Beat Kumin

III.2 The Long Reformation - Lutheran

Henry J. Cohn

III.3 The Long Reformation - Reformed

Penny Roberts

III.4 The Long Reformation - Catholic

Anne Gerritsen, Kevin Gould and Peter Marshall

III.5 Religious Culture in Early Modern Europe

Peter Marshall

III.6 Jews and Muslims

Henry J. Cohn

Part IV: The Wider World

IV.1 Beyond Europe c. 1500

Anne Gerritsen and Anthony McFarlane

IV.2 European Relations with the Ottoman World

James Baldwin

IV.3 Expanding Horizons

Anne Gerritsen and Anthony McFarlane

IV.4 Europe Overseas

Anthony McFarlane

IV.5 The Global Exchange of Goods

Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello

IV.6 Europe and the World c. 1800

Anne Gerritsen and Anthony McFarlane

Part V: Culture

V.1 Renaissance

Humfrey Butters

V.2 Arts and Society

Luca Mola

V.3 From Pen to Print

Mark Knights and Angela McShane

V.4 Food and Drink Cultures

Rebecca Earle and Beat Kumin

V.5 Popular Culture(s)

Bernard Capp

V.6 Witchcraft and Magic

Penny Roberts

V.7 The Scientific Revolution

Claudia Stein

V.8 Enlightenment

Colin Jones

Part VI: Politics

A) Surveys

VI.1 The Theory and Practice of Politics and Government

Humfrey Butters

VI.2 Dynastic Politics, Religious Conflict and Reason of State c.1500-1650

Humfrey Butters and Henry J. Cohn

VI.3 European Politics from the Peace of Westphalia to the French Revolution c.1650-1800

Colin Jones and Mark Knights

B) Themes

VI. 4 Courts and Centres

Stephane van Damme and Janet Dickinson

VI.5 Centre and Periphery

Steve Hindle and Beat Kumin

VI.6 The Impact of War

Jonathan Davies

VI.7 Riot and Rebellion

Bernard Capp

VI.8 Revolution

Bernard Capp and Colin Jones

Additional information

NGR9780367691554
9780367691554
0367691558
The European World 1500-1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History by Beat Kumin
Beat Kumin
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-12-12
490
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