European Modern Life: Villages and Cities

Author: (German) Richard van Dülmen
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Publishing Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Europe in the Modern Age (a three-volume set) provides an overview of the daily lives of Europeans in the 16th-18th centuries from the perspectives of history and literature. Villages and Cities explores the living worlds of villages and cities, vividly describing farmers and merchants, artisans and their guilds, celebrations, customs, public life, and state power. 68 illustrations.