Backgrounds

• Arts*

•   Book Market

  • Dutch Book Trade

• Civil Society

• Colonialism and Imperialism

•   Courts / Dynasties*

•   Economy / Trade

  • Free Trade

•   European Encounters

  • Colonial Exhibitions and 'Völkerschauen'

  • Oriental Despotism

• Europeanization

• Food and Drink

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Law

• Literacy

• Media Genres

• Mosaic of Languages

•   Nature and Environment

  • Animals

  • Historische Klimatologie Mitteleuropas

  • Land

  • Population

  • Wasser

  • Water

  • Woodlands

• News Distribution

• Religion

• Science

• Technology

• Translation

• Transport and Travel*

• Warfare (1450–1789)