Further Reading

If you found this course interesting, you can pursue your interest in various ways.

There are lots of websites that have material about the early modern period. Large museums such as the British Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum have online galleries which include objects from the early modern period. Houses like Hampton Court Palace have websites with relevant information and images.

Or you could dip into some reading. Here are a few books that can extend your study of early modern Europe.

Cameron, E. (ed.) (1999) Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History, Oxford, Oxford University Press. A multi-authored textbook on early modern Europe.

Kamen, H. (2000) Early Modern European Society, London, Routledge. A very readable and wide-ranging account of the social history of early modern Europe.

Laslett, P. (1971) The World We Have Lost, London, Methuen. A classic account of early modern history, focusing on the differences between early modern society and that of the industrialised modern era.

Sarti, R. (2002) Europe at Home: Family and Material Culture 1500–1800, New Haven, CN and London, Yale University Press. An engaging account of households and family life, focusing on the material goods found in early modern homes.

Wiesner-Hanks, M. E. (2006) Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. A popular and comprehensive textbook on early modern Europe.