1st Edition

European Society 1500-1700

By Henry Kamen Copyright 1984
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1984, European Society presents a wide-ranging survey of European Society in the two centuries preceding the Industrial Revolution. It draws on all the latest published research in the major European languages and provides a broad overview of the major structural changes that occurred between 1500 and 1700, both in social organization and in the various social classes. Topics... Read more

Preface 1. Population Structures 2. Crisis and Change 3. Economic Structures 4. Nobles and Gentlemen 5. The Bourgeoisie 6. The Peasantry 7. The Marginal Population 8. Culture and Communication 9. Economic and Political Crisis 10. Popular Rebellions 11. Absolutism and the State Select Bibliography Index

Biography

Henry Kamen