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| Editor's Introduction |
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| Prologue: Europe and the World Around Europe: The Myths of Europe--A Continent and its Peoples--The Cultural Inheritance--Frontiers and Boundaries--Technologies and their Impact--The Sense of being European--The Quest for Peace and Union |
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| I. The Sixteenth Century, c.1500-c.1618 |
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1. The Conditions of Life for the Masses Who were the Masses?--The Peasant Household--The Peasant Life-Cycle--Ways of Coping--Wider Links: Village, Lordship, Market--The Processes of Change--The Effects of Change--The Urban Experience of the Lower Orders--Conclusion |
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2. The Power of the Word: Renaissance and Reformation The Renaissance and the Word--The Word Written and Printed--The Ancient Word and the Ancient Tongue--The Word of Exhortation--Describing the World and the Universe--The Word of Faith: The Old Faith--The Reformation Challenge--Reformed Churches and Reformed People--The Old Church Responds--Conclusion |
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3. War, Religion, and the State States and Borders--The Habsburgs and their Rivals--War and the State--Courts and Government--Society, Justice, and Sovereignty--The Impact of Religious Change--The Impact of Religious Division--The Weak Monarchies of the East and the Coming of the Thirty Years War |
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4. Colonies, Enterprises, and Wealth: the Economies of Europe and the Wider World Introduction: Europe and the Wider World in 1600--People--Land--Cities--Manufactures--States, Colonies, and Commerce--Europe and the Wider World--Conclusion: A New World Economy? |
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5. Embattled Faiths: Religion and Natural Philosophy The Legacy of Renaissance and Reformation--Religion: Rigour and Reform--Religious Motives in Politics and War--Dogma, Faith, and Society--The Decline of the Devil--Reason and the `Crisis of Conscience'--The Reception and Resumption of the New Science--Matter and Void: Descartes's System and its Opponents--New Instruments and New Sciences--The Quest for Practical Applications--Conclusion |
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6. Warfare, Crisis, and Absolutism The Expansion of Europe--Warfare as an Agent of Change--The `Thirty Years War' in Europe, 1618-48--Conflict between France and Spain--The British Civil Wars--`Absolutism'--Louis XIV--Louis XIV's Foreign Policy-- Vienna Saved--The Rise of Russia--Conclusions |
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7. A Widening Market in Consumer Goods Population--Work and Income: One Conundrum--Agriculture--Manufacturing and Industry--Trade and Transport--The State Sector--Consumption--Wages and Prices: Another Conundrum--Conclusion |
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8. The Enlightenment The Scale of Change--Man in his Universe--Economy and Society--Politics--Diversity across Countries and Regions--The French Revolution and the Enlightenment--Conclusion |
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9. Europe Turns East: Political Developments The Wars of c.1680-1721 and Europe's Balance of Power--The Burdens of War and their Impact upon Government--Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia--Modern States or Composite Monarchies?--Enlightened Government--Russian Expansion and French Crisis |
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| Epilogue: The Old Order Transformed 1789-1815 The Outbreak of the French Revolution--The Creation of a New France and a New World--The Failure of the Constitutional Monarchy--The Coming of War and the End of the Monarchy--Counterrevolution and the Terror--Towards Military Dictatorship--Reconstruction at Home--The Conquest of Europe--Decline and Fall--The Legacy |
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