Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 Volume I, The Suzanne Bates we must act "as if

we must act "as if " ethical certainty were possible

—Anita Abjornson

For the city's inhabitants and sojourners

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Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 Volume I, The Suzanne Bates we must act "as ifThis Handbook re examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity implied in the notion has fragmented, while the usefulness and even the validity of the term, and the historical periodisation which it incorporates,