Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789

by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781009160803
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/25/2022
Series:	Cambridge History of Europe
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	594
Product dimensions:	6.97(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an experienced textbook author. Her recent books include What Is Early Modern History? (Wiley, 2021), Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World (third edition, Routledge, 2020), and A Concise History of the World (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

Table of Contents

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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Wiesner-Hank's approach is heavily conditioned by social history and splendidly integrates the non-European world and Europe's colonial interests. […] Libraries will want to add this erudite volume, which is much more than a textbook, to their collections." — Choice

"Wiesner-Hanks has succeeded in writing an engaging synthesis of the 'new picture' of the early modern period at the survey level. It is up to date and impressive in its breadth of coverage, and will be useful for anyone with a general interest in the period, especially those interested in gender and social history" -Dwight E.R. Ten Huisen, H-German

"As an introductory survey of European history from the invention of the printing press to the French Revolution, it admirably synthesizes an immense array of disparate themes and approaches while maintaining reader attention… Throughout, Wiesner's style is engaging and intentionally accessible to the current generation of students." -Dwight E.R. Ten Huisen, H-German

Editorial Reviews

‘A joy to teach with, this is my textbook of choice to inspire students and provide them with up-to-date insights as they grapple with the history of Europe’s major transformations in this period that reshaped the world.’ Ulinka Rublack, University of Cambridge

‘Breathtaking in scope – chronological, geographical, topical – Wiesner's Third Edition weaves the latest historical scholarship into the same clear and nuanced narratives and analyses of earlier versions.  Bloody dynastic clashes, devastating epidemics, scientific pioneers, New World colonizers, witches, and prostitutes – a dazzling array of individuals and social structures, all complemented by engaging sidebars where the voices of the past come alive. I don't know of any other book that captures the diversity of the early modern era with such calm erudition and unfailingly crisp prose.’ Joel F. Harrington, Vanderbilt University

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