A standard work in a revised edition: Matthias Schnettger and Heinz Duckhardt have fully updated this highly praised textbook on the Enlightenment and the Baroque period. Their overview considers the latest perspectives in research, and the bibliography has been supplemented with key works published since the last edition. The volume is sure to remain an essential tool for students and teachers of modern history.

Heinz Duchhardt, Mainz; Matthias Schnettger, Mainz