The pursuit of glory : Europe, 1648-1815
Chronicles European history from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the Battle of Waterloo, featuring vivid coverage of such events as the Enlightenment period, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic era
History
xxvii, 707 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780670063208, 9780143113898, 0670063207, 0143113895
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pt. 1. Life and death
Communications
People
Trade and manufacturing
Agriculture and the rural world
pt. 2. Power
Rulers and their elites
Reform and revolution
pt. 3. Religion and culture
Religion and the churches
Court and country
Palaces and gardens
The culture of feeling and the culture of reason
pt. 4. War and peace
From the peace of Westphalia to the peace of Nystad
From the peace of Nystad to the French Revolutionary Wars
The wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon