Understanding early modern primary sources / edited by Laura Sangha and Jonathan Willis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sangha, Laura, editor, author.

Willis, Jonathan P., editor, author.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Routledge guides to using historical sources

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Historiography.

Europe--History--1492-1648--Sources.

Europe.

Europe--History--1492-1648--Historiography.

History--Methodology.

History--Sources.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2016.

Summary:

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 chapter, 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 themes, in early modern history, including political and popular cultures, the economy, science, religion, gender, warfare, and global exploration. This collection of chapters by leading historians in their respective fields showcases how practitioners research early modern history, and is an invaluable resource for any student embarking on their studies of the early modern period. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781138823631

1138823635

9781138823648

1138823643

OCLC:

934677410

Publisher Number:

40026335313