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1492-1789

The Reformation

a religious revolution
Examines events in Europe leading up to the Reformation, and discusses how notable persons and ideas furthered the Reformation across the continent and changed history. Includes a glossary and an index.

John Locke, philosopher of the Enlightenment

2013
A brief biography of John Locke, the English philosopher during the Englightenment whose ideas about government impacted countries all over the world.

Historical atlas of the Renaissance

2004
Presents an historical atlas of the cultural and political development of the Renaissance, and contains detailed maps, photographs, and illustrations that describe the major periods of Renaissance art and architecture, the Habsburg Wars, explorations, Tudor England, and the beginning of the Reformation.

The age of discovery

2003
Examines the successes and failures of some of the pioneering mariners who set out from Spain and Portugal beginning in the mid-fifteenth century to establish trade routes and explore new worlds.

Early modern Europe

an Oxford history
1999

Religious warfare in Europe, 1400-1536

2002
Analyzes the principle causes and events of the religious wars in Europe from the Late Middle Ages and the Hussite Wars of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and examines the influence of the Crusades to the religious conflict of Europe.

War and society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620

1998
Examines the role of war in the lives of Europeans in the years between the end of the Hundred Years War and the beginning of the Thirty Years War, featuring a survey of the conflicts, an analysis of the military reformation in the ways in which wars were fought, the problems of recruitment, and a study of the impact of war on citizens.

The pursuit of glory

Europe, 1648-1815
2007
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.

The Renaissance

2001
Explores Europe's cultural rebirth, showing how a return to classical Greek and Roman ideals and the invention of the Gutenberg printing press spawned the achievements of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare.

Daily lives of civilians in wartime Europe, 1618-1900

2007
Describes the day-to-day experiences of civilians living in Europe from 1618 to 1900, focusing on the challenges and sacrifices men, women, and children faced in times of war.

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