Early Modern European Society

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Psychology Press, 2000 - 281 pages

Drawing together common features of society from a range of different contexts throughout Europe, from Italy and Spain to Poland and Russia, Early Modern European Society surveys the sweeping changes affecting Europe from the end of the fifteenth century to the early decades of the eighteenth century.

Henry Kamen includes discussion on:

  • European identities, frontiers and language
  • leisure, work and migration
  • religion, ritual and witchcraft
  • the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie and the poor
  • gender roles
  • social discipline and absolutism.

 

Table des matières

112567
33
13
39
Leisure work and movement
49
The ruling elite
70
The middle elite
97
Solidarities and resistance
120
52
135
55
149
Gender roles
157
Social discipline and marginality
177
Modernisation and the individual
206
The absolute state
234
Notes
246
Select bibliography
263
Index
273
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À propos de l'auteur (2000)

Henry Kamen is Professor of the Higher Council for Scientific Research, Barcelona, Spain.

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