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Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources

By Laura Sangha , Jonathan Willis (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
1138823635, 9781138823631, 9781315622101
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (16140306 bytes)
Series
Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources
Pages
XVI+296\316
Topic
History
Time added
2020-04-25 21:05:27

Description

"Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources" is an introduction to the rich treasury of source material available to students of early modern history. During this period, political development, economic and social change, rising literacy levels, and the success of the printing press, ensured that the State, the Church and the people generated texts and objects on an unprecedented scale. This book introduces students to the sources that survived to become indispensable primary material studied by historians. After a wide-ranging introductory essay, part I of the book, 'Sources', takes the reader through seven key categories of primary material, including governmental, ecclesiastical and legal records, diaries and literary works, print, and visual and material sources. Each chapter addresses how different types of material were produced, whilst also pointing readers towards the most important and accessible physical and digital source collections. Part II, 'Histories', takes a thematic approach. Each chapter in this section explores the sources that are used to address major early modern themes, including political and popular cultures, the economy, science, religion, gender, warfare, and global exploration. This collection of essays by leading historians in their respective fields showcases how practitioners research the early modern period, and is an invaluable resource for any student embarking on their studies of the early modern period. List of figures vii List of tables ix List of contributors x Acknowledgements xiv List of abbreviations xv Introduction: understanding early modern primary sources / LAURA SANGHA AND JONATHAN WILLIS 1 PART I. Sources 15 1. State Papers and related collections / NATALIE MEARS 17 2. Legal and judicial sources / HENRY FRENCH 35 3. Ecclesiastical sources / JONATHAN WILLIS 58 4. Print / IAN GREEN 78 5. Literary sources / CERI SULLIVAN 95 6. Personal documents / LAURA SANGHA 107 7. Visual and material sources / TARA HAMLING 129 PART II. Histories 153 8. Gender / MERRY E. WIESNER-HANKS 155 9. Religion and religious change / ALEC RYRIE 170 10. Political culture(s) / JANET DICKINSON 187 11. Popular culture / MARK HAILWOOD 206 12. Economic life / BRODIE WADDELL 224 13. Warfare / NEIL YOUNGER 240 14. Early modern science / HELEN COWIE 255 15. The wider world / MARGARET SMALL 273 Index 288

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