The West: Encounters & Transformations, Volume II: Chapters 14-29

by Brian P. Levack, Edward Muir, Michael Maas

The West: Encounters & Transformations Concise Edition examines the changing definition and identity of the West throughout history, emphasizing the encounters between different cultures, beliefs, ideas and peoples that shaped Western civilization, both outside the West and within it.

Genres: History, Teaching, Nonfiction

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First published December 11, 2003

About the author

Brian Levack is John E. Green Regents Professor in History and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. The winner of several teaching awards, Levack offers a wide variety of courses on early modern British and European history, legal history, and the history of witchcraft. For eight years he served as the chair of his department. His books include The Civil Lawyers in England, 1603-1641: A Political Study(1973), The Formation of the British State: England, Scotland and the Union, 1603-1707(1987); The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (3rd edition, 2006), which has been translated into eight languages; and Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics, and Religion(2008). His newest book is The Devil Within: Possessions and Exorcism in the Christian West.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

This is a pretty solid textbook for an introductory western history class. It has its pitfalls, but they're mostly the pitfalls that you're going to find in nearly any textbook of this sort, and it does a good job avoiding the worst of them.

Though it's called "The West" I do wish that it was occasionally a bit more international in its outlook, particularly in the final chapters.

[Liv · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a history buff like myself, this was fantastic. So thorough and interesting to read.