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The pursuit of glory : the five revolutions that made modern 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
Print Book, English, 2008
Penguin Books, New York, 2008
History
xxvii, 707 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
9780143113898, 0143113895
183266890
Part One : Life and death. Communications
People
Trade and manufacturing
Agriculture and the rural world
Part Two : Power. Rulers and their elites
Reform and revolution
Part Three : Religion and culture. Religion and the churches
Court and country
Palaces and gardens
The culture of feeling and the culture of reason
Part Four : 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