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A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE 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, The Journal of the Historical Association This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. It considers not just major western European states, but also the often neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe. Placing Europe within an international context, contributors investigate key areas of society, economics, culture, and political development. The book concludes with the French and other European revolutions that brought the century to a close, both chronologically and as regards the Ancien R gime. A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe examines both established and emerging areas of interest in the field, making it an essential guide for students and scholars.
A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE"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, The Journal of the Historical AssociationThis Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. It considers not just major western European states, but also the often neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe.Placing Europe within an international context, contributors investigate key areas of society, economics, culture, and political development. The book concludes with the French and other European revolutions that brought the century to a close, both chronologically and as regards the Ancien Régime.A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe examines both established and emerging areas of interest in the field, making it an essential guide for students and scholars.
List of Illustrations viiiNotes on Contributors xiAcknowledgments xvMaps xviIntroduction 1Peter H. WilsonPart I People, Production, and Consumption 91 Eighteenth-Century History and the European Environment 11Dennis Wheeler2 Gender 27Deborah Simonton3 Rural Economy and Society 47Markus Cerman4 Manufacturing, Markets, and Consumption 66Beverly Lemire5 Towns and their Inhabitants 82Marc Schalenberg6 The Eighteenth-Century Nobility: Challenge and Renewal 94Hamish Scott7 Poverty 109Peter H. WilsonPart II Cultures 1238 The Public Sphere 125Michael Schaich9 Enlightened Thought, its Critics and Competitors 141Thomas Munck10 Medicine, Medical Practice, and Public Health 158Mary Lindemann11 Religion 176Joachim Whaley12 Popular Culture and Sociability 192Beat Kümin13 The Arts 208Mark BerryPart III State and Society 22514 Russia 227Lindsey Hughes15 Poland-Lithuania 244Jerzy Lukowski16 The Empire, Austria, and Prussia 260Peter H. Wilson17 The Scandinavian Kingdoms 276Michael Bregnsbo18 The Dutch Republic 289J. L. Price19 The Italian States 304Gregory Hanlon20 Iberia: Spain and Portugal in the Eighteenth Century 322Christopher Storrs21 France 338Michael Rapport22 Britain and Hanover 354Torsten RiottePart IV International Connections 36923 Diplomacy and the Great Powers 371Andrew C. Thompson24 Islam and Europe 387Molly Greene25 Europe and the World 402Philippe R. Girard26 Europe and the Sea 418Jan GletePart V Politics and the State 43327 Dynasticism and the World of the Court 435Clarissa Campbell Orr28 Absolutism and Royal Government 451Ronald G. Asch29 War, 1688-1812 464Ciro Paoletti30 Participatory Politics 479David M. Luebke31 The French and European Revolutions 495Alan ForrestBibliography 512Index 556