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HIST 131 Early Modern Europe: Historical Materials

Statistical Information

International historical statistics. Europe, 1750-2005
Call Number: KEN Info Desk HA 1107 .M5 2007

Abstract of British historical statistics
Call Number: KEN Reference HA 1135 M5 1962

Articles and book chapters exist in a variety of journals and monographs will lead you to statistics between 1500 and 1800 for your specific country.  You will need to search for these materials through databases such as Historical Abstracts (below), Consort and Ohiolink.  Here is a short list of useful articles and books:

Bairoch, Paul et all. La population des villes européennes : banque de données et analyse sommaire des résultats, 800-1850 = The population of European cities : data bank and short summary of results. (hint: search OhioLINK

Clark, Peter. European cities and towns 400-2000. online resource

Connell, K. H. The population of Ireland 1750-1845. (hint: search OhioLINK)

Cowan, Alexander. The city and the senses urban culture since 1500. online resource

Flinn, Michael. Scottish Population History From The 17th Century To The 1930s. (hint: search OhioLINK)

Laitinen, Riita. Cultural history of early modern European streets. online resource

Rich, E. E. "The population of Elizabethan England" in Economic History Review volume 2 (1949-50), pp. 205-218. (hint: search Consort's journal collection)

Vries, Jan de. European Urbanization 1500-1800.
Call Number: HT131 .D4 1984 
 

When searching for these articles in Historical Abstracts use keyword terms to locate materials.  For example: population and statistics and Itaiy and renaissance.

If you are still experiencing problem locating population statistics you may find books related to your country by performing a subject search and locating these books from Consort or Ohiolink libraries.  For example:

Europe -- Population -- History -- 800-1850
Great Britain -- population -- history
Germany -- population -- history
Russia -- population -- history
Urbanization -- Europe -- History -- 16th century (substitute the date of another century if you focus on a later period)

Historic Documents

Use Consort and Ohiolink to locate books on historical documents.  Below are examples of the types of books which may be useful to get you started.  But before you click on the links consider how you would search for documents from your time period.  And what type of a document do you need? Military map?  Literary sources? Religious statistics? Political?  What keywords will you use?


Weapons and warfare in renaissance Europe : gunpowder, technology, and tactics

Elizabethan and Jacobean England : sources and documents of the English Renaissance (where is this item located?  How will you access the book?)

English Renaissance : an anthology of sources and documents

Documents of European economic history  v. 1. The process of industrialization, 1750-1870  (where is this item located?  How will you access the book?)