num_pages: 280
description: This book is a rich, lively, and provocative introduction to seventeenth century Europe. Editor Joseph Bergin and six major authors explore such major issues as economy, society, politics, war, international relations, science, and thought and culture ('The Age of Curiosity'). The book also examines Europe in the wider world.
language: English
title: The Seventeenth Century: Europe 1598-1715
titlecomplete: The Seventeenth Century: Europe 1598-1715 (Short Oxford History of Europe)
genres: European History, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 18
series: Short Oxford History of Europe
publisher: Oxford University Press