Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations
Editor(s):
- James B. Collins
- Karen L. Taylor
First published:1 January 2006
Print ISBN:9780631228929 |Online ISBN:9780470774212 |DOI:10.1002/9780470774212
Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
About this book
This reader brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early
modern European history.
- Provides
a thought-provoking overview of current thinking on this period.
- Key
themes include evolving early-modern identities; changes in religion and cultural
life; the revolution of the mind; roles of women in early-modern societies; the rise
of the modern state; and Europe and the new world system
- Incorporates
new scholarship on Eastern and Central Europe.
- Includes an article translated into English for the first time.
Reviews
"Collin and Taylor's anthology... will be a valuable resource in teaching the historiography
of the early modern era." History“Touches on a wide range of methodologies
… .Offers … a broadening of horizons beyond any specialty. Much undiscovered territory
… much inspiration.” Sixteenth Century Journal
Author Bios
James B. Collins is Professor of History at Georgetown University, and Chair
of the History Department.
Karen L. Taylor is Lecturer in History at Georgetown University.
Table of Contents
Export Citations
CHAPTER 5
no
The Evil Empire? The Debate on Turkish Despotism in Eighteenth‐Century French Political Culture (Pages: 69-81)
CHAPTER 8
no
The Sins of Belief: A Village Remedy for Hoof and Mouth Disease (1796) (Pages: 121-137)
CHAPTER 9
no
“Dutiful Love and Natural Affection”: Parent‐Child Relationships in the Early Modern Netherlands (Pages: 138-152)
CHAPTER 14
no
Ritual and Print Discipline and Invention: The Fête in France from the Middle Ages to the Revolution (Pages: 207-214)
CHAPTER 17
no
Review of the Family, Sex and Marriage in England: 1500–1800, by Lawrence Stone (Pages: 258-267)
CHAPTER 24
no
The Royal Government, Guilds, and the Seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence (Pages: 362-376)
CHAPTER 28
no
Transcending East‐West Dichotomies: State and Culture Formation in Six Ostensibly Disparate Areas (Pages: 419-429)
CHAPTER 29
no