Europe in the Sixteenth Century
2nd Edition
Taylor and Francis · Print & ebook · September 2, 1999
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'.
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- Who it’s for
- A connected survey traces Europe's political structures, town life, and economic change.
- Genres
- 16th-Century History, Renaissance History, Tudor & Elizabethan Britain
- Published
- Taylor and Francis, September 2, 1999
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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.
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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.
Sixteenth-Century Town Life
A connected survey traces Europe's political structures, town life, and economic change.
Come here for
- Sixteenth-century town life and its growing importance
- Economic background to political change
Expect
- Europe treated as an interconnected whole
- Political structures and how they functioned and related
Where it sits
| 16th-Century History | 84% |
|---|---|
| Renaissance History | 82% |
| Tudor & Elizabethan Britain | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Authors
- H.G. Koenigsberger, George L. Mosse, G.Q. Bowler
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Published
- September 2, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History
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- Choosing books to trace change from the Reformation to the EnlightenmentRecommended as: Political, economic, and urban context
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