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Longman (1973), Paperback, 399pages
Description
This bestselling, seminal book - a general survey of Europe in the era of `Rennaisance and Reformation' - was originally published in Denys Hay's famous Series, `A General History of Europe'. It looks at sixteenth-century Europe as a complex but interconnected whole, rather than as a mosaic of separate states. The authors explore its different aspects through the various political structures of the age - empires, monarchies, city-republics - and how they functioned and related to one another. A strength of the book remains the space it devotes to the growing importance of town-life in the sixteenth century, and to the economic background of political change.
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A comprehensive textbook on Europe in the 1500s. whilst not taking a chronological approach to the various topics of governments, politics, religion, society and culture, it is well structured, with each chapter broken into smaller sections/topics.
At the back of the book there is a large collection
At the back of the book there is a large collection
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of maps and family tress, as well as a list of key events in each of the years of the 16th century. Show Less
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1968
1989 (2nd rev ed)
Physical description
560 p.; 8.35 inches
ISBN
0582493900 / 9780582493902
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A General History of Europe (Longman)