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Acknowledments. <p>Introduction: Interpreting Early Modern Europe: Karen L. Taylor and James B. Collins.</p> <p>Part I Evolving Early Modern Identities.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>1 The Legacy of Rome: Anthony Pagden.</p> <p>2 Europe and the Atlantic Slave Systems: David Eltis.</p> <p>3 History, Myth and, Historical Identity: Karin Friedrich.</p> <p>4 The Theresian School Reform of 1774: James Van Horn Melton.</p> <p>5 The Evil Empire? The Debate on Turkish Despotism in Eighteenth-Century French Political Culture: Thomas Kaiser.</p> <p>Part II Changes in Religion and Cultural Life.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>6 Ira Dei super nos: Denis Crouzet.</p> <p>7 Charitable Activities of Confraternities: Maureen Flynn.</p> <p>8 The Sins of Belief: A Village Remedy for Hoof and Mouth Disease (1796) David Warren Sabean.</p> <p>9 “Dutiful Love and Natural Affection”: Parent-Child Relationships in the Early Modern Netherlands: Sherrin Marshall.</p> <p>Part III The Revolution of the Mind.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>10 A Possible Support for Irreligion: The Sciences: Lucien Febvre.</p> <p>11 The Material Culture of the Church and Incipient Consumerism: Richard A. Goldthwaite.</p> <p>12 From a Culture of Science toward the Enlightenment: Kathleen Wellman.</p> <p>13 Contesting Possession: Patricia Seed.</p> <p>14 Ritual and Print Discipline and Invention: The Fête in France from the Middle Ages to the Revolution: Roger Chartier.</p> <p>Part IV The Roles of Women in Early Modern Society Introduction.</p> <p>15 Political, Economic, and Legal Structures: Merry E. Wiesner.</p> <p>16 Women before the Bench: Female Litigants in Early Modern Normandy: Zoë A Schneider.</p> <p>17 Review of The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800, by Lawrence Stone: Alan Macfarlane.</p> <p>18 Illegitimacy and Infanticide in Early Modern Russia: David L Ransel.</p> <p>19 Public Leisure and the Rise of Salons: Deborah Hertz.</p> <p>Part V The Rise of the Modern State System.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>20 The Crisis in Assumptions about Political Thinking: Felix Gilbert.</p> <p>21 From Contractual Monarchy to Constitutionalism: Gerhard Oestrich.</p> <p>22 Paradoxes of State Power: John Brewer.</p> <p>23 The Power of the King: Antonio Feros Feros.</p> <p>24 The Royal Government, Guilds, and the Seamstresses of Paris, Normany, and Provence: Clare Haru Crowston.</p> <p>Part VI Research Paradigms, Old and New.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>25 The Courtization of the Warriors: Norbert Elias.</p> <p>26 Women on Top: Natalie Zemon Davis.</p> <p>27 The Contrasts: Alfred W. Crosby.</p> <p>28 Transcending East-West Dichotomies: State and Culture Formation in Six Ostensibly Disparate Areas: Victor Lieberman.</p> <p>29 Introduction to The Great Divergence. China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy: Kenneth Pomeranz.</p> <p>30 Between Carnival and Lent: Paula Findlen.</p> <p>Index</p>

"Collin and Taylor's anthology... will be a valuable resource in teaching the historiography of the early modern era." <i>History<!--end--></i>“Touches on a wide range of methodologies … .Offers … a broadening of horizons beyond any specialty. Much undiscovered territory … much inspiration.”<i> Sixteenth Century Journal</i>

<b>James B. Collins</b> is Professor of History at Georgetown University, and Chair of the History Department.<br /> <p><br /> </p> <p><b>Karen L. Taylor</b> is Lecturer in History at Georgetown University.</p>

This collection brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early modern European history. It provides a thought-provoking overview of current thinking on this period, demonstrating that history is a dynamic process of interpretation.<br /> <p><br /> </p> <p>The book is structured around six major themes: evolving early modern identities, treated within a global context; changes in religion and cultural life; the revolution of the mind; roles of women in early modern societies; the rise of the modern state; and research paradigms. Each of the six sections contains an introduction by the editors, discussing the significance of the topic and the history of its interpretation; five or six essays are then followed by a 'debate' juxtaposing two competing interpretations on a particular theme.<br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Noteworthy features of the collection include an article translated into English for the first time and the incorporation of new scholarship on eastern and central Europe.</p>

"Collin and Taylor's anthology... will be a valuable resource in teaching the historiography of the early modern era." <i>History<!--end--></i>“Touches on a wide range of methodologies … .Offers … a broadening of horizons beyond any specialty. Much undiscovered territory … much inspiration.”<i> Sixteenth Century Journal</i>

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