Evaluates the lesser-known Romantic revolution as a fundamental and far-reaching period while revealing the range of modern cultural axioms it inspired, from views about genius and sexuality to theories about dreams and the subconscious.
Chronicles the political and cultural events that transpired in Europe between the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and examines how it influenced Europe and the world in the years following.
