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Early Modern Europe 1500-1789
About This Book
Opening at the height of the Renaissance, the book chronicles the dawning of a new age on the European continent. Koenigsberger paints a detailed picture of the Reformation and its significance as increasingly powerful nations began to intrude on their subjects' public and private lives. He gives account of the Counter-Reformation and the political and economic crisis that accompanied it, and an in-depth discussion of the age of Louis XIV and the balance of power in Europe. A full chapter addresses the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, and throughout attention is given to social, cultural and intellectual developments.
The book concludes with a summary of the situation throughout Europe on the eve of the French Revolution, and the dramatic changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution and the beginnings of a consumer society.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of maps
- List of plates
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 From Medieval to Modern Europe
- Chapter 2 Expansion and Reformation 1500–1600
- Chapter 3 Counter-Reformation and Crisis 1560–1600
- Chapter 4 The Age of Louis XIV and the Balance of Power 1660–1750
- Chapter 5 Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment 1500–1750
- Chapter 6 Before the Revolution
- Index