A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

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A History of Modern Europe ...

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W. W. Norton & Company New York ■ London ...

For Laura Merriman and Christopher Merriman Copyright © 2010, 2004, 1996 by John Merriman All rights reserved Printed in the Uni ...

Contents List of Maps xxi Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxix Chapter 1 PART ONE FOUNDATIONS Medieval Legacies and Transforming D ...

vi Contents A Dynamic Culture 55 The Rediscovery of Classical Learning • From Scholasticism to Humanism • The Renaissance and Re ...

Contents vii Chapter 4 The Wars of Religion 126 The Wars of Religion in Sixteenth-Century France 127 A Strengthened Monarchy • E ...

viii Contents Chapter 6 England and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century 208 Conflicts in Stuart England 209 Conflicts ...

Contents ix PART THREE NEW CULTURAL AND POLITICAL HORIZONS Chapter 8 The New Philosophy of Science 287 Changing Views of the Uni ...

x Contents Chapter 1 0 Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Chance 349 The Social Order 350 Nobles • The British Landed Elite ...

PART FOUR REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1789- Contents xi Chapter 12 The French Revolution 435 The Old Regime in Crisis 436 Long-Term Ca ...

xii Contents Monarchical Restoration and Napoleon’s Return 508 The Bourbon Restoration • The 100 Days Napoleon’s Legacy 510 Chap ...

Contents xiii Liberalism 579 Liberals and Politics • Laissez-Faire Romanticism 582 Conservative Origins • Romantic Literature an ...

XIV Contents Southern Italy • Italy Unified • Limits to Unification • Italian Politics • The Rise of Italian Nationalism The Uni ...

Contents xv Chapter 1 9 Rapid Industrialization and Its Challenges, 1 870-1914 742 The Second Industrial Revolution 744 New Tech ...

XVI Contents The European Powers in Asia 835 lndiay Southeast Asia, and China • Japan and China: Contrasting Experiences • The U ...

Contents xvii Chapter 2 3 Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union 927 War and Revolution 928 Russia at War • The February Revo ...