REA’s Essentials

provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals.

European History: 1648 to 1789

covers mercantilism, beginnings of modern science and the Enlightenment, Bourbon France, the Hapsburgs, the Hohenzollerns, the English Civil War, the Restoration, Peter the Great and Russia, the Papacy, the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Europe, and the culture of Baroque and Rococo.