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WORLD HISTORY

COMING SOON
Early Modern Europe

Facts and Fictions

BRIAN JEFFREY MAXSON

Despite current popular belief, very few
people believed that the world was flat
before Christopher Columbus made his
voyage in 1492.

Many myths about early modern Europe originated in the 19th and 20th
centuries and continue to appear today across popular media. In recent years,

ABC-CLIO such popular documentaries and television shows as Game of Thrones have
April 2023, 237pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 tended to reinforce what we think we know about the world during the early
Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6745-3 modern period.
$63.00, £47.00, €55,00
eBook: 978-1-4408-6746-0 Early modern Europe birthed the modern world—just not in the way we think
it did. This installment in the Facts and Fictions series utilizes primary sources
to interrogate popular beliefs about early modern Europe and reveal the
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true story behind such movements and events as the Scientific Revolution,
• Christopher • Scientific Revolution the Crusades, and the European witch hunts. Focusing on how perceptions
Columbus • Secularism of these events have shifted and evolved through history, this book is an
• Crusades • Witch Hunts excellent resource for students of this period as well as general readers
• Medieval Europe • Women interested in understanding what really happened during this time.
• Papal Power FEATURES
• Religion • Provides readers with an introduction to early modern Europe
• Renaissance
• Dispels common assumptions about the past
• Encourages readers to approach historical information based upon
questions, evidence, and interpretations
BRIAN JEFFREY MAXSON is professor of history
at East Tennessee State University. • Includes a wide array of primary sources illustrating various myths
and misconceptions

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