This is a fully-revised edition of a well-established synthesis of the period from the Thirty Years War to the consolidation of absolute monarchy and the landowning society of the ancien regime. Thematically organised, the book covers all of Europe, from Britain and Scandinavia to Spain and Eastern Europe. Important new material has been added on the Ottomans, on Christian-Moslem contacts and on the role of women, and the text has been thoroughly updated to take account of recent research.

This innovative study of political upheaval, revolution and Enlightenment in Europe views this tumultuous period through the prism of printed texts including books, pamphlets and newspapers. Taking a resolutely comparative approach, Conflict and Enlightenment re-examines what was being disseminated in print, and how.

This innovative study of political upheaval, revolution and Enlightenment in Europe views this tumultuous period through the prism of printed texts including books, pamphlets and newspapers. Taking a resolutely comparative approach, Conflict and Enlightenment re-examines what was being disseminated in print, and how.