Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763

Name: Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763
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ISBN: 9780415409582

ISBN-10: 0415409586

ISBN-13: 9780415409582

Edition: 2007

Authors: Chris Cook, Philip Broadhead

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"The Routledge Companion to Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763 " brings together chronological, statistical and tabular information to cover all the major aspects of European history between the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the Treaty of Paris of 1763. It focuses on the subjects most studied by students and provides a comprehensive survey of key topics such as the Renaissance and Reformation, Imperial Spain, the Revolt of the Netherlands, the Thirty Years' War and the Enlightenment. The book concentrates on the major developments which took place in Western Europe, but there is also coverage of the Baltic lands, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Voyages of Discovery and the expansion of…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Chris Cook is head of the Modern Archives Unit at the London School of Economics. He is the author, editor, and/or compiler of many previous international political reference books, including Facts on File's Asian Political Almanac and The Making of Modern Africa. He lives in the U.K.



List of maps


Preface


Acknowledgements



Political History


Heads of State


Political Chronologies


France


Italy


The Netherlands


Prussia


The Baltic


Poland-Lithuania


Russia


The Ottoman Empire


The Holy Roman Empire


The Austrian Monarchy


Spain


Portugal


England



Warfare and Diplomacy


The Military Revolution


Major Wars and Rebellions


Treaties and Alliances



Religion


Religious Life in Europe on the Eve of the Reformation


Martin Luther and the Reformation


Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich


Calvin and Geneva


The Reformation and Civil War in France


Reformation and Revolt in the Netherlands


The Radical Reformation


The Reformation and Religious Change in Early Modern England


The Northern Reformation


The Catholic Church after 1517


The Inquisition


The Jesuits


Lutheranism from 1546


The Expansion of Christianity Overseas


The Jews in Early Modern Europe


Witchcraft in the Early Modern Period



Economy and Society


Population, Urbanisation and Health


Wages and Prices


Trade, Commerce and Industry


The Atlantic Slave Trade



Culture and Society


The Renaissance


The Enlightenment


Enlightened Despotism to c. 1763


Science and Technology



The Expansion of Europe


The Age of Reconnaissance


The Portuguese Seaborne Empire, 1450-1668


The Spanish Seaborne Empire, 1492-1588


The Dutch Seaborne Empire


The First British Empire


The French Empire (France Outremer)


The Portuguese and Spanish Empires: A Glossary of Places


Main Territories under British Rule by 1763



Biographies



Glossary of Terms



Bibliography


Genealogies


Maps


Index