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| - 'It is an excellent collection, providing an admirably concise and always intelligent and thoughful synthesis.It will surelyas the publisher hopes 'challenge those ..... familiar with the period to think again ... and awaken the interest of those unfamiliar with it.' Christopher Storrs, European Hisorical Review, Vol 477.' -
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| Description | | - Unique in presenting a continent-wide, general introduction to the 17th Century, providing detailed coverage of a time of significant change in Europe
- Thematic chapters written by an expert in the field, under the editorial guidance of a leading academic in the subject; each chapter deals with the major issues debated among historians of the 17th Century
- Concise and authoritative, it has a focused and lively approach to engage the reader with the key themes and ideas behind each chapter
- Editorial features include an introduction and conclusion as well as maps, further reading, chronology, and index.
| The complete short Oxford History of Europe provides a concise, readable, and authorititive point of entry for the history of Europe from the Ancient Greeks to the present day in eleven volumes. In each chapter a leading expert offers focused and penetrating insights into the major themes and influences of the period.
Lying between the two great 'peaks' of European history, the Reformation
and the Enlightenment in the centuries before and after, the seventeenth century lacks a clear identity of its own. And yet, it is the very proliferation of major events, crises, and processes throughout Europe that has made this transitional age so difficult to label.
This book fully explores the seventeenth century, highly significant for the future of Europe. In a set of chapters covering
and contrasting the European experience across the full century and the full continent, the reader is offered a rich, lively, and provocative introduction to this exciting period.
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| Contents |
List of contributors
Introduction: the uncertain prospect
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Joseph Bergin, University of Manchester
1.
The Economy
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RC Nash, University of Manchester
2.
Society
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Thomas Munck, University of Glasgow
3.
Politics
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Anthony F. Upton, University of St. Andrews
4.
War and International Relations
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David Parrott, New College
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The Age of Curiosity
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Laurence Brockliss, Magdalen College
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Europe and the Wider World
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Anthony Pagden, Johns Hopkins University
Conclusion
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Joseph Bergin, University of Manchester
Bibliography
Chronology
Maps
Index
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| Authors, editors,
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Edited by Joseph Bergin, Professor of History, University of Manchester
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