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Books by Merry Wiesner-Hanks






Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World(1st Edition)
A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
by Merry E. Wiesner, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-45886-7, ISBN: 0-312-45886-X

"The early modern period witnessed sometimes startling, sometimes subtle transformations in the religious and intellectual life of peoples across the globe. For reasons that varied widely, leaders and thinkers from Mexico to the Ottoman Empire and from China to the Indian subcontinent sought to reform existing religions, develop new spiritual practices, promote innovative texts, and, on occasion, even create new religions. Presenting doc ..."






The Renaissance and Reformation(1st Edition)
A History in Documents (Pages from History)
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Wiesner
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533802-7, ISBN: 0-19-533802-2

"At first glance, the Renaissance and the Reformation--two movements (one cultural, one religious) that defined Europe from 1400 to 1600--may appear to be polar opposites. The Renaissance found scholars and artists celebrating the beauty and splendor of the material world, while the Reformation saw Protestant and Catholic religious leaders and their followers focusing on eternal salvation. However, there were actually striking similariti ..."






Gender in History(1st Edition)
New Perspectives on the Past
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Wiesner
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-21036-8, ISBN: 0-631-21036-9

"Over the past 20 years, the study of history has been revolutionised by considerations of gender, and yet most books on the subject focus on only one period or region. This concise overview redresses the balance, exploring the construction of gender in many cultures around the world at different times. The material is presented thematically, encouraging readers to appreciate the connections between gender and other structures such as th ..."






What Is Early Modern History?(1st Edition)
(Paperback or Softback)
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2021 by Polity Press 3/30/2021
ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4057-0, ISBN: 1-5095-4057-1

"What is Early Modern History? offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and an entry-point to larger questions about how we divide and organize the past and how the discipline of history ..."






A Concise History of the World(First Edition)
(Cambridge Concise Histories)
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.
Paperback, 405 Pages, Published 2012 by Cambridge
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-69453-8, ISBN: 1-107-69453-1

"This book tells the story of humankind as producers and reproducers from the Paleolithic to the present. Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining social and cultural developments across the globe, including families and kin groups, social and gender hierarchies, sexuality, race and ethnicity, labor, religion, consumption, and material culture. She examines how thes ..."






Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789(2nd Edition)
(Cambridge History of Europe)
by Merry E. Wiesner, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Hardcover, 563 Pages, Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-03106-7, ISBN: 1-107-03106-0

"The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give students the tools t ..."






An Age of Voyages, 1350-1600(1st Edition)
(Medieval and Early Modern World Series)
by Merry E. Wiesner, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517672-8, ISBN: 0-19-517672-3

"Cultural life flowered from the mid-fifteenth century in the Italian city-states, many of which profited from the new trading opportunities that growing world networks permitted. Contact among regions of the world expanded, bringing new ideas and prompting an appreciation of arts and letters-not only of the present but of the past. In Italy this cultural flowering was known at first as the renaissance of arts and letters, soon shortened ..."






Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789(2nd Edition)
(Cambridge History of Europe)
by Merry E. Wiesner, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 563 Pages, Published 1754 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-64357-4, ISBN: 1-107-64357-0

"Broschiertes BuchThe second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give stu ..."






The Renaissance and Reformation
A History in Documents (Pages from History (Hardback))
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Wiesner
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530889-1, ISBN: 0-19-530889-1

"Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-156) and index."






Luther on Women(1st Edition)
A Sourcebook
by Martin Luther, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Karant-Nunn, Merry E. Wiesner
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-65884-3, ISBN: 0-521-65884-5

"Martin Luther contributed extensively to the sixteenth century 'debate about women' with his writings on women and related subjects such as marriage, the family and sexuality. In this volume, Merry Wiesner-Hanks and Susan Karant-Nunn bring together a vast selection of these works, translating many into English for the first time. They include sermons, lectures, pamphlets, polemic writings, letters and some informal 'table talk' recorded ..."






Experiencing World History(Updated)
by Paul Vauthier Adams, Lily Hwa, Erick Detlef Langer, Peter N. Stearns, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, G. Bhagat
Paperback, 498 Pages, Published 2000 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-0691-6, ISBN: 0-8147-0691-6

"Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, and blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, Experiencing World History represents an important addition to the teaching of world history. Focusing on major issues in social history in the context of world history and divided into five chronological sections that highlight the mixture of change an ..."






Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World(1st Edition)
Regulating Desire, Reforming Practice (Christianity and Society in the Modern World)
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Wiesner
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-14434-6, ISBN: 0-415-14434-5

"Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World is the first global survey of such for the early modern period. Merry Wiesner-Hanks assesses the role of personal faith and the church itself in the control and expression of all aspects of sexuality. The book ranges over developments within Europe and beyond to the European colonies including Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Goa, which were establishing themselves around the world. C ..."






The Cambridge World History
(Part 1)
by Jerry H. Bentley, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Hardcover, 514 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-76162-8, ISBN: 0-521-76162-X

"The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Divided into two books, Volume 6 of the Cambridge World History series considers these critical transformations. The first book examines the material and political foundations of the era, including global considerations of the environment, disease, technology, and cities, along with regi ..."






A Concise History of the World
(Cambridge Concise Histories)
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Hardcover, 405 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-02837-1, ISBN: 1-107-02837-X

"This book tells the story of humankind as producers and reproducers from the Paleolithic to the present. Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining social and cultural developments across the globe, including families and kin groups, social and gender hierarchies, sexuality, race and ethnicity, labor, religion, consumption, and material culture. She examines how thes ..."






Convents Confront the Reformation(1st Edition)
Catholic and Protestant Nuns in Germany (Reformation Texts With Translation (1350-1650). Women of the Reformation, V. 1)
by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Joan Skocir
Paperback, 110 Pages, Published 1996 by Marquette Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-87462-702-2, ISBN: 0-87462-702-8

"This book is an outgrowth of the search for new sources which reveal the experience of women during the Reformation period. The four texts in this volume are all by women who resided in convents or similar institutions, or who had recently left convents, in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They allow us to hear - with some filtering by their male editors and publishers - women's opinions about the merits of clerical c ..."






What is Early Modern History?
by Merry E. Wiesner, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2021 by Polity Pr
ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4056-3, ISBN: 1-5095-4056-3

"What is Early Modern History? offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and an entry-point to larger questions about how we divide and organize the past and how the discipline of history ..."






A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 1(11th Edition)
To 1600
by John P. Mckay, Roger B. Beck, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Clare Haru Crowston, Jerry Davila, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2017 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-05929-3, ISBN: 1-319-05929-5

"Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the A History of World Societies, Value Edition, is a brief, affordable text that brings the past to life. The two-color Value Edition includes the full narrative of the comprehensive edition and select maps and images.Active learning and assessment options expand with use of the LaunchPad cours ..."






A History of World Societies, Concise, Volume 2(11th Edition)
by Roger B. Beck, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Clare Haru Crowston, John P. Mckay, Jerry Davila, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2017 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-07014-4, ISBN: 1-319-07014-0

"Build your historical thinking skills through a regional presentation of content as History of World Societies, Concise, Volume 2 uses a vareity of primary sources to teach social history."






A History of World Societies Value, Combined Volume(11th Edition)
by John P. Mckay, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck, Clare Haru Crowston, Professor Jerry Davila, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 1,056 Pages, Published 2017 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-05894-4, ISBN: 1-319-05894-9

"Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the A History of World Societies, Value Edition, is a brief, affordable text that brings the past to life. The two-color Value Edition includes the full narrative of the comprehensive edition and select maps and images.Active learning and assessment options expand with use of the LaunchPad cours ..."






A History of World Societies, Concise, Volume 1(11th Edition)
by Roger B. Beck, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Jerry Davila, Clare Haru Crowston, John P. Mckay, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Paperback, 588 Pages, Published 2017 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-07015-1, ISBN: 1-319-07015-9

"Build your historical thinking skills through a regional presentation of content as History of World Societies, Concise, Volume 1 uses a vareity of primary sources to teach social history."



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