The History of Western Europe in Modern Times. The 18th Century

The development of cultural and social relations.
This volume is dedicated to the most fascinating period in European history - the Age of Enlightenment. Kareev characterizes this era as follows: "In the mid-17th century, the Reformation period ends, and a new period of Western European history begins, characterized by the dominance of absolute monarchy on the continent, from the Peace of Westphalia to the beginning of the French Revolution, i.e., from 1648 to 1789. Similarly, as the Reformation of the 16th century, which begins a new historical period, is at the center of the era, the first half of which was a time for its preparation and predecessors, and the second half a time for its development and the revelation of its consequences, so too the French Revolution, from which modern history of Western Europe begins, can be viewed as an event to which all the main phenomena of previous and subsequent history converge and from which they diverge."
The book is recommended to both professional historians and anyone interested in the history of Europe.