Prologue: Europe and the World Around, Anthony Pagden; The Sixteenth Century, c.1500-c.1618; 1. The Conditions of Life for the Masses, Alison Rowlands; 2. The Power of the World: Renaissance and Reformation, Euan Cameron; 3. War, Religion, and the State, Steven Gunn; The Seventeenth Century, c.1618-c.1715; 4. Colonies, Enterprises, and Wealth: the Economies of Europe and the Wider World, R. A. Houston; 5. Embattled Faiths: Religion and Natural Philosophy, Robin Briggs; 6. Warfare, Crisis, and Absolutism, Jeremy Black; The Eighteenth Century, c.1715-c.1789; 7. A Widening Market in Consumer Goods, James C. Riley; 8. The Enlightenment, Norman Hampson; 9. Europe Turns East: Political Developments, H. M. Scott; Epilogue: The Old Order transformed 1789-1815, T. C. W. Blanning

Euan Cameron

this lucidly written, erudite and important book/ Patrick Richards, Day By Day, 30/04/99.