Memory in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800

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Memory in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800 is written by Judith Pollmann and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0192518143 (ISBN 10) and 9780192518149 (ISBN 13).

For early modern Europeans, the past was a measure of most things, good and bad. For that reason it was also hotly contested, manipulated, and far too important to be left to historians alone. Memory in Early Modern Europe offers a lively and accessible introduction to the many ways in which Europeans engaged with the past and 'practised' memory in the three centuries between 1500 and 1800. From childhood memories and local customs to war traumas and peacekeeping , it analyses how Europeans tried to control, mobilize and reconfigure memories of the past. Challenging the long-standing view that memory cultures transformed around 1800, it argues for the continued relevance of early modern memory practices in modern societies.