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HIST 140 - Gibbs - Religion, Politics and Society in Europe, 1500-1800: Getting Started

This is a guide for Professor Janis Gibbs history workshop.

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Subject: Interdisciplinary
Content/Description: Provides various ebooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Books to Get You Started

Europe, 1450-1789 by Jonathan Dewald
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 068431200X
Publication Date: 2003-11-19

Africa's Discovery of Europe by David Northrup
ISBN: 9780199941216
Publication Date: 2013-03-26
Biological Consequences of the European Expansion, 1450-1800 by Kenneth F. Kiple (Editor); Stephen V. Beck
ISBN: 0860785181
Publication Date: 1997-10-28
English Historical Documents by David C. Douglas, ed.
Call Number: DA26 .E56 REF
This is an example of a reference book which compiles together primary sources.
Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe by Sandra Sider
ISBN: 0816056188
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Hutchinson Chronology of World History
Call Number: D11 .M39 1999 v. 1-4 REF (also an ebook, but the print is better organized)
This is an example of a chronological reference source, in which information is listed by date. These are helpful if you want to gain contextual information about a time period.
Science and Religion, 1450-1900 by Richard G. Olson
ISBN: 0801884004
Publication Date: 2006-03-10
Theories of Empire, 1450-1800 by David Armitage (Editor)
ISBN: 0860785165
Publication Date: 1998-04-28
Renaissance Responses to Technological Change by Sheila J. Nayar
ISBN: 9783319968988
Publication Date: 2018-11-07
Religion and Society in Early Modern England: A Sourcebook by David Cressy (Editor); Lori Anne Ferrell (Editor)
ISBN: 1134286767
Publication Date: 2007-05-07
Reformation Thought: An Anthology of Sources by Margaret L. King (Edited and Translated by)
ISBN: 9781624665172
Publication Date: 2016-09-01

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Subjects: English, History, Philosophy, Religion, World Languages and Cultures