Format:
Online-Ressource (385 p)
ISBN:
9780415409575
Series Statement:
Routledge Companions to History
Content:
This compact and highly accessible work of reference covers the broad sweep of events as Europe transformed during the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.This Companion examines the centuries that saw the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the expansion of Europe and the beginnings of imperialism and enormous changes in the way government and kingship were conducted.With a wealth of chronologies, tables, family trees and maps, this handy book is an indispensable resource for all students and teachers of early modern history
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Description based upon print version of record
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THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO EARLY MODERN EUROPE 1453-1763; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I 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; Part II Warfare and Diplomacy; The Military Revolution; Major Wars and Rebellions; Treaties and Alliances; Part III Religion; Religious Life in Europe on the Eve of the Reformation; Martin Luther and the Reformation
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Zwingli and the Reformation in ZurichCalvin 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; Part IV Economy and Society; Population, Urbanisation and Health; Wages and Prices; Trade, Commerce and Industry; The Atlantic Slave Trade
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Part V Culture and SocietyThe Renaissance; The Enlightenment; Enlightened Despotism to c. 1763; Science and Technology; Part VI 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; Part VII Biographies; Part VIII Glossary of Terms; Part IX Bibliography; Genealogies; Maps; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781134130665
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Routledge Companion to Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763
Language:
English
Keywords:
Europa
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Geschichte 1453-1763
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