Early Modern European History field reading list
Fernand Braudel, The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible
George Huppert, After the Black Death
Robert Mandrou, Introduction to Modern France, 1500-1640. An Essay in
Historical Psychology
Roger Chartier, ed., A History of Private Life, III: The Passions of the
Renaissance
Philippe Aries, Centuries of Childhood: A Social History
Merry Wiesner, Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe
Peter Burke, Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
Brian Levack, The Witch-hunt in Early Modern Europe
Heiko Oberman, Luther: Man Between God and the Devil
W.J. Bouwsma, John Calvin. A Sixteenth-Century Portrait
Steven Z. Ozment, The Reformation in the Cities
Johan Huizinga, The Autumn of the Middle Ages
W.J. Bouwsma, The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640
John R. Hale, War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620
Geoffrey Parker, The Military Revolution and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800
Glenn Richardson, The Reigns of Henry VIII, Francis I, and Charles V
Garrett Mattingly, Renaissance Diplomacy
Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe
Jan de Vries, The Economy of Europe in An Age of Crisis, 1600-1750
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Times of Feast and Times of Famine. A History of Climate
since the Year
1000
John H. Elliott, The Old World and the New
John H. Elliott, Richelieu and Olivares
Paul K. Monod, The Power of Kings. Monarchy and Religion in Europe
T.C.W. Blanning, The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture
Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches. An Intepretation of Dutch Culture
in the Golden Age
James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France
Paul Hazard, The European Mind 1680-1720
Peter Gay, The Enlightenment: An Interpretation (2 vols.)
Roy Porter, The Creation of the Modern World. The Untold Story of the British
Enlightenment
Margaret Jacob, Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West
Daniel Roche, France in the Enlightenment
C.B.A. Behrens, Society, Government and the Enlightenment: The Experience of
18th-century France and Prussia
Daniel Roche, France in the Enlightenment
Robert Darnton, The Great Cat Massacre
William O. Doyle, The Origins of the French Revolution
Robert R. Palmer, The Age of the Democratic Revolutions (2 vols.)
Lynn M. Hunt, Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution