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EARLY MODERN EUROPE

AN OXFORD HISTORY

EDITED BY EUAN CAMERON

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP

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Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York

Oxford University Press 1999

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First published 1999

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Early Modern Europe Edited by Euan Cameronp. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-19-820528-7

1. Europe--History--1492--1648. 2. Europe--History--17th century. 3. Europe--History--18th century. I. Cameron, Euan.

D228.E187 1999

940.2--dc21 98-26115 CIP

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

Typeset by Hope Services (Abingdon) Ltd.

Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Bookcraft Ltd., Midsomer Norton Nr. Bath, Somerset

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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Editor's Acknowledgements
Editor 's Introduction
Prologue: Europe and the World Around ANTHONY PAGDEN
Europe: The Myths of Europe---A Continent and its Peoples--The
Cultural Inheritance--Frontiers and Boundaries--Technologies and
their Impact--The Sense of being European--The Quest for Peace and
Union
I. The Sixteenth Century, c. 1500--c, 1618
1. The Conditions of Life for the Masses
ALISON ROWLANDS
Who were the Masses?--The Peasant Household--The Peasant Life
Cycle--Ways of Coping--Wider Links: Village, Lordship, Market-
The Processes of Change--The Effects of Change--The Urban
Experience of the Lower Orders--Conclusion
2. The Power of the Word: Renaissance and Reformation
EUAN CAMERON
The Renaissance and the Word--The Word Written and Printed-
The Ancient Word and the Ancient Tongue--The Word of Exhorta
tion--Describing the World and the Universe--The Word of Faith:
The Old Faith--The Reformation Challenge--Reformed Churches
and Reformed People--The Old Church Responds--Conclusion
3. War, Religion, and the State STEVEN GUNN
States and Borders--The Habsburgs and their Rivals--War and the
State--Courts and Government--Society, Justice, and Sovereignty-
The Impact of Religious Change--The Impact of Religious Division--

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The Weak Monarchies of the East and the Coming of the Thirty Years
War
II. The Seventeenth Century, c. 1618-c. 1715
4. Colonies, Enterprises, and Wealth: the Economies of Europe
and the Wider World

R. A. HOUSTON
Introduction: Europe and the Wider World in 1600--People--Land-
Cities--Manufactures--States, Colonies, and Commerce--Europe and
the Wider World--Conclusion: A New World Economy?
5. Embattled Faiths: Religion and Natural Philosophy
ROBIN BRIGGS
The Legacy of Renaissance and Reformation--Religion: Rigour and
Reform--Religious Motives in Politics and War--Dogma, Faith, and
Society--The Decline of the Devil--Reason and the 'Crisis of Con
science'--The Reception and Resumption of the New Science--Matter
and Void: Descartes's System and its Opponents--New Instruments
and New Sciences--The Quest for Practical Applications--Conclusion
6. Warfare, Crisis, and Absolutism
JEREMY BLACK
The Expansion of Europe--Warfare as an Agent of Change--The
'Thirty Years War' in Europe, 1618-48--Conflict between France and
Spain--The British Civil Wars--'Absolutism'--Louis XIV--Louis
XIV's Foreign Policy--Vienna Saved--The Rise of Russia--Conclu
sions
III. The Eighteenth Century, c. 1715-c. 1789
7. A Widening Market in Consumer Goods
JAMES C. RILEY
Population--Work and Income: One Conundrum--Agriculture-
Manufacturing and Industry--Trade and Transport--The State Sec
tor-Consumption-Wages and Prices: Another Conundrum-
Conclusion

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8. The Enlightenment
NORMAN HAMPSON
The Scale of Change--Man in his Universe--Economy and Society-
Politics--Diversity across Countries and Regions--The French Revo
lution and the Enlightenment--Conclusion
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