antiquarianism, and interacted critically with universal history. By comparing and linking the histories of individual peoples within … economy, intellectual history and economic history. … Manifestation of the Divine: The History of Commerce in the Jansenists Pedagogues of the Eighteenth Century’ -- 3. Arnault Skornicki …

Contrary to popular narratives, 'The Great Divergence Reconsidered' shows that Europe's rise to its current status as … seventeenth century, if not earlier. When compared to India and other parts of the Asiatic world, early modern Europe was … changes and made Europe's supremacy even more pronounced. Thus, an interplay of various factors best explains Europe's early …

The European Marriage Pattern (EMP), in place in NW Europe for perhaps 500 years, substantially limited fertility. But …