Understanding early modern primary sources

Understanding early modern primary sources

by Sangha, Laura Willis, Jonathan P.

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'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 b…

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  • Full title :Understanding early modern primary sources / edited by Laura Sangha and Jonathan Willis.

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'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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2016.

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  • Description:xiii, 295 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781138823631, 1138823635, 9781138823648, 1138823643
  • oclc:ocn934677410
  • LC Classification:D228
  • Dewey Decimal:940.2072

Table of Contents

Introduction: understanding early modern primary sources / Laura Sangha and Jonathan Willis -- Part I. Sources -- State papers and related collections / Natalie Mears -- Legal and judicial sources / Henry French -- Ecclesiastical sources / Jonathan Willis -- Print / Ian Green -- Literary sources / Ceri Sullivan -- Personal documents / Laura Sangha -- Visual and material culture / Tara Hamling -- Part II. Histories -- Gender / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- Religion and religious change / Alec Ryrie -- Political cultures / Janet Dickinson -- Popular culture / Mark Hailwood -- Economic life / Brodie Waddell -- Warfare / Neil Younger -- Early modern science / Helen Cowie -- The wider world / Margaret Small.

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Subjects

15.03 methods and techniques of history Bronnenkritiek Europa Europe Europe -- Histoire -- 1492-1648 Europe -- History -- 1492-1648 Geschichtsschreibung Geschiedbronnen Histoire -- Méthodologie Historiography History History -- Methodology History -- Sources Methodologie Quelle Quellenforschung Tekstinterpretatie Wetenschappelijke technieken

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Sangha, Laura Willis, Jonathan P.

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