{"product_id":"2026200015488-secondhand-europe-unfolding-1648-1688-the-fontana-history-of-europe","title":"Europe Unfolding 1648-1688: The Fontana History Of Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent decades between the Peace of Westphalia and the Glorious Revolution, Europe was remade — and Europe Unfolding 1648-1688 by John Stoye stands as the definitive account of that extraordinary transformation. Stoye chronicles the shifting balance of power across the continent, from the exhausted aftermath of the Thirty Years' War to the ascendancy of Louis XIV's France, mapping the diplomatic, military, and cultural forces that shaped the modern European state system. The narrative sweeps across kingdoms and courts — Habsburg Vienna, Restoration London, the Dutch Republic at its mercantile zenith — presenting a richly textured portrait of an age caught between the old certainties of religious war and the dawning rationalism of the Enlightenment.\n\nPart of the acclaimed Fontana History of Europe series, Stoye's work is distinguished by its commanding synthesis of political and social history, illustrating how the lives of ordinary Europeans were irrevocably altered by the ambitions of princes and the designs of statesmen. His prose is authoritative yet accessible, anchored in meticulous scholarship without sacrificing narrative momentum. For anyone seeking to understand how the fractured world of confessional conflict gave way to the age of reason and absolutism, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the final page: was this era of unfolding truly a dawn — or merely the calm before another storm?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203212615899,"sku":"2026200015488-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b64bb311-d7f6-4835-9cb9-46f08ce0349f.png?v=1788145917","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015488-secondhand-europe-unfolding-1648-1688-the-fontana-history-of-europe","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}