Early Modern Europe 1500-1789
1987
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Opening at the height of the Renaissance, the book chronicles the dawning of a new age on the European continent. Koenigsberger paints a detailed picture of the Reformation and its significance as increasingly powerful nations began to intrude on their subjects’ public and private lives. He gives account of the Counter-Reformation and the political and economic crisis that accompanied it, and an in-depth discussion of the age of Louis XIV and the balance of power in Europe. A full chapter addresses the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, and throughout attention is given to social, cultural and intellectual developments. The book concludes with a summary of the situation throughout Europe on the eve of the French Revolution, and the dramatic changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution and the beginnings of a consumer society.
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Author
H.G. Koenigsberger
Author · 4 books
Helmut Koenigsberger, born in Berlin, educated in Britain, sent as an enemy alien to Canada he served briefly in the Royal navy during the Second World War. He had a long career teaching history at Queen's University Belfast, Manchester University, Nottingham University, Cornell and King's College London.
