Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe

- List of Maps
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Maps

PART 1 PEOPLE, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
1 Eighteenth-Century History and the European Environment
- Dennis Wheeler
2 Gender
- Deborah Simonton
3 Rural Economy and Society
- Markus Cerman
4 Manufacturing, Markets and Consumption
- Beverly Lemuire
5 Towns and their Inhabitants
- Marc Schalenberg
6 Eighteenth-Century Nobility: Challenge and Renewal
- Hamish Scott
7 Poverty
- Peter H. Wilson

PART 2 CULTURES
8 Public and Private
- Michael Schaich
9 Enlightened Thought, its Critics and Competitors
- Thomas Munck
10 Medicine, Medical Practice and Public Health
- Mary Lindemann
11 Religion and Toleration
- Joachim Whaley
12 Popular Culture and Sociability
- Beat Kümin
13 The Arts
- Mark Berry

PART 3 STATE AND SOCIETY
14 Russia
- Lindsey Hughes
15 Poland-Lithuania
- Jerzy Lukowski
16 The Empire, Austria and Prussia
- Peter H. Wilson
17 The Scandinavian Kingdoms
- Michael Bregnsbo
18 The Dutch Republic
- J.L. Price
19 The Italian States
- Gregory Hanlon
20 Iberia: Spain and Portugal in the Eighteenth Century
- Chris Storrs
21 France
- Mike Rapport
22 Britain and Hanover
- Torsten Riotte

PART 4 INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
23 Diplomacy and the Great Powers
- Andrew Thompson
24 Islam and Europe
- Molly Greene
25 Europe and the World
- Philippe Girard
26 Europe and the Sea
- Jan Glete

PART 5 POLITICS AND THE STATE
27 Dynasticism and the World of the Court
- Clarissa Campbell Orr
28 Absolutism and Royal Government
- Ronald G. Asch
29 War 1688-1812
- Ciro Paoletti
30 Participatory Politics
- David M. Luebke
31 The French and European Revolutions
- Alan Forrest

- Bibliography
- Index

Peter H. Wilson is Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull. His books include From Reich to Revolution: German History 1558-1806 (2004); Absolutism in Central Europe (2000) and The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806 (1999).

"This is a useful book. It starts the student off with the idea if interrelationships between social, economic, cultural and political change.... University libraries catering for a wide range of courses in historical subjects will want to consider this for acquisition." ( Reference Reviews , 2009)
"This is an impressive volume, with leading experts providing a wide-ranging coverage that should satisfy most requirements for effective and thoughtful introductory surveys.... All specialists on this period will find much of value in this excellent volume." ( History , January 2009)

"A vivid portrait of 18th-century Europe.... Inclusion of diverse interpretative methodologies, including gender studies ... brings fascinating illumination to period sociology. Recommended for European history collections." ( Library Journal )