The European World 1500-1800

Part I: Starting Points; I.1 Introduction; 1.2 Europe in 1500; Part II: Society and Economy; II. 1 Gender and Family; II.2 Rural Society; II.3 Urban Society; II.4 Marginals and Deviant; I.5 Sickness and Health; II.6 The Early Modern Economy; Part III: Religion; III.1 Church and People at the Close of the Middle Ages; III.2 The Long Reformation - Lutheran; III.3 The Long Reformation - Reformed; III.4 The Long Reformation - Catholic; III.5 Religious Culture; III.6 Jews and Muslims; Part IV: The Wider World; IV.1 Beyond Europe c. 1500; IV.2 European Relations with the Ottoman World; IV.3 Expanding Horizons; IV.4 Europe Overseas; IV.5 The Global Exchange of Goods; IV.6 Europe and the World c. 1800; Part V: Culture; V.1 Renaissance; V.2 Arts and Society; V.3 From Pen to Print; V.4 The Scientific Revolution; V.5 Witchcraft and Magic; V.6 Popular Culture(s); V.7 Enlightenment; Part VI: Politics; A) Surveys: VI.1 The Theory and Practice of Politics and Government; VI.2 Dynastic Politics, Religious Conflict and Reason of State c.1500-1650; VI.3 European Politics from the Peace of Westphalia to the French Revolution c.1650-1800; B) Themes: VI. 4 Courts and Centres; VI.5 Centre and Periphery; VI.6 The Impact of War; VI.7 Riot and Rebellion; VI.8 Revolution; Epilogue Europe in 1800; Appendices: Maps; Glossary; Index

Beat Kümin is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warwick