The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 Volume I: Peoples and Place (Oxford Handbooks in History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199597251 ISBN 13: 9780199597253

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2015

Synopsis

This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity implied in the notion has fragmented, while the usefulness and even the validity of the term, and the historical periodisation which it incorporates, have been questioned. The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 provides an account of the development of the subject during the past half-century, but primarily offers an integrated and comprehensive survey of present knowledge, together with some suggestions as to how the field is developing. It aims both to interrogate the notion of 'early modernity' itself and to survey early modern Europe as an established field of study. The overriding aim will be to establish that 'early modern' is not simply a chronological label but possesses a substantive integrity.

Volume I examines 'Peoples and Place', assessing structural factors such as climate, printing and the revolution in information, social and economic developments, and religion, including chapters on Orthodoxy, Judaism and Islam.

About this title

Product Description:

[ The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750: Volume I: Peoples and Place By ( Author ) Sep-2015 Hardcover

Review:

the very real achievement the two volumes represent ... will be valuable indeed as introductions, for those, students and established scholars alike, seeking to find their conceptual and bibliographical footing in unfamiliar terrain. (Spencer J. Weinreich, Journal of Jesuit Studies)

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0199597251
• ISBN 13: 9780199597253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 806
• Editor: Scott Hamish