Europe, 1648-1815 From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution

Name: Europe, 1648-1815 From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution
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ISBN: 9780195154467

ISBN-10: 0195154460

ISBN-13: 9780195154467

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robin W. Winks, Thomas E. Kaiser

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In 1648, Europe was reeling from the destabilizing effects of religious conflict, economic change, and social upheaval. The issues that divided the Church in the late Middle Ages had forced Europeans to choose sides in a bitter and bloody Catholic/Protestant conflict. A powerful capitalist movement had broken down old social ties, leading to the near disappearance of serfdom in Western Europe and to the formation of a larger merchant class in the cities. The discoveries of the Scientific Revolution had begun to corrode old certainties about the universe, just as the exploration of the New World was revealing the existence of peoples, cultures, and even continents that would have been…

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List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/31/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




The Problem of Divine-Right Monarchy


Bourbon France


Stuart England


Century of Genius/Century of Everyman


Summary



The Old Regimes


The Economic "Revolutions"


The Established Powers


The Newcomers


War and Diplomacy, 1713-1763


Summary



The Enlightenment


The Settings


The Core Ideas


The Program


Enlightened Absolutism


Russia, 1725-1825


George III and American Independence


Challenges to the Enlightenment


Summary



The French Revolution and Napoleon


The French Revolution


The Dissolution of the Monarchy


The First Republic


Napoleon and France


Napoleon and Europe


Summary


Chronology


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