List of Maps Preface Acknowledgments PART ONE FOUNDATIONS Chapter 1 Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries
Medieval Continuities
The Emergence of Early Modern Europe
Transforming Discoveries
Conclusion
Chapter 2 The RenaissanceThe City-States of the Italian Peninsula
A Dynamic Culture
Renaissance Art
The End of the Renaissance
Chapter 3 The Two ReformationsThe Northern Renaissance
The Roots of the Reformation
Social Background of the Reformation in the German States
The Spread of the Reformation
The Reformation in Switzerland and France
The English Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
Culture during the Two Reformations
The Legacy of the Two Reformations
Chapter 4 The Wars of ReligionThe Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France
The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)
PART TWO STATEMAKING Chapter 5 The Rise of the Atlantic Economy: Spain and EnglandEconomic Expansion
The Rise of Spain
The Rise of England
The Decline of Spain
Conclusion
Chapter 6 England and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth CenturyConflicts in Stuart England
Religious Divisions
The English Civil War
The Glorious Revolution
The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic
The Decline of the Dutch Republic
Conclusion
Chapter 7 The Age of Absolutism, 1650–1720Theories of Absolutism
Characterizing Absolute Rule
The Balance of Power
The Habsburg Monarchy
The Rise of Prussia
The Russian and Swedish Empires
The Modern State
PART THREE NEW CULTURAL AND POLITICAL HORIZON Chapter 8 The New Philosophy of ScienceChanging Views of the Universe
Descartes and Newton: Competing Theories of Scientific Knowledge
The Culture of Science
Consequences of the Scientific Revolution
Chapter 9 Enlightened Thought and the Republic of LettersEnlightened Ideas
The Diffusion and Expansion of the Enlightenment
Enlightened Absolutism
Currents of the Late Enlightenment
Legacy of the Enlightenment
Chapter 10 Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social ChangeThe Social Order
The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution
Social Changes
Social Control
A Century of Contrasts
Chapter 11 Eighteenth-Century Dynastic Rivalries and Politics 386The Eighteenth-Century State System
Conflicts between the Great Powers
Political Change in Great Britain
Challenges to Established Authority
Declining Power, Disappearing State: The Ottoman Empire and Poland
PART FOUR REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1789–1850 Chapter 12 The French RevolutionThe Old Regime in Crisis
The First Stages of the Revolution
Consolidating the Revolution
War and the Second Revolution
The Final Stages of the Revolution
Perspectives on the French Revolution
Chapter 13 Napoleon and EuropeNapoleon’s Rise to Power
Consolidation of Power
The Foundations of the French Empire
The Tide Turns against Napoleon
Monarchical Restoration and Napoleon’s Return
Napoleon’s Legacy
Further Readings Credits IndexJohn Merriman is the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. A specialist in nineteenth century French history, Merriman earned his Ph. D at the University of Michigan. He is the author of many books, including The Margins of City Life: Explorations on the French Urban Frontier, 1815–1851; Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century; The Agony of the Republic: The Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848–1851; and, most recently, The Stones of Balazuc: A French Village in Time (Norton, 2002). He regularly teaches the survey of modern European history at Yale.
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