Europe in the eighteenth century, 1713-1783

Introduction

The sources

The structure of society

Economic life

Government and administration

Monarchs and despots: tensions within the state

Armies and navies

Diplomacy and international relations

The expansion of Russia; Poland, the Baltic and the Near East

The German states and the rise of Prussia

Spain, Italy and the Miditerranean

The Anglo-French struggle for empire

Europe and the outside world

Education, ideas and intellectual life

Religion and the churches

Conclusion.