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Europe, 1648-1815: From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution

Europe, 1648-1815: From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution

Robinson, Ray
Kaiser, Thomas E.
Winks, Robin W.

Paperback

LinguisticsGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0195154460
ISBN13: 9780195154467
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 31 2003
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.78 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
In 1648, Europe was reeling from the destabilizing effects of religious conflict, economic change, and social upheaval. The issues that divided the Church in the late Middle Ages had forced Europeans to choose sides in a bitter and bloody Catholic/Protestant conflict. A powerful capitalist movement had broken down old social ties, leading to the near disappearance of serfdom in Western Europe and to the formation of a larger merchant class in the cities. The discoveries of the Scientific Revolution had begun to corrode old certainties about the universe, just as the exploration of the New World was revealing the existence of peoples, cultures, and even continents that would have been unimaginable to previous generations. In the face of such chaos, which led many to fear that society was heading towards an utter breakdown, the European elite engaged in a desperate effort to restore order. Between 1648 and 1750, peoples and governments throughout Europe sought to contain the shift toward anarchy through the reinforcement of religious orthodoxies, the strengthening of national states, and the stiffening of social hierarchies. But by the later eighteenth century, the success of this effort led paradoxically to new institutional and intellectual demands for change. The search for order had given way to a quest for progress. A new movement known as the Enlightenment was transforming the old order, and revolution was about to become a Western tradition.

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