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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.
Joseph Bergin is Professor of History at the University of Manchester
Contributor's Notes ; Introduction ; 1. The Economy ; 2. Society ; 3. Politics ; 4. War and International Relations ; 5. The Age of Curiosity ; 6. Europe and the Wider World ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Chronology ; Maps ; Index
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.
Robin Osborne, Oxford) Osborne, Robin (Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor, Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor, Corpus Christi College
Robin Osborne, Oxford) Osborne, Robin (Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor, Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor, Corpus Christi College