Europe in a Wider World, 1350-1650

by Winks, Robin W.; Wandel, Lee Palmer

• ISBN13: 9780195154474
• ISBN10: 0195154479
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is a compact, accessible history of the continent, during a time when it did not yet dominate the world in which it was situated. The text discusses the major events of the period, and also seeks to restore interconnections lost by thinkers who divided the period into "TheRenaissance" and "The Reformation." With twenty-five illustrations and nine detailed maps, this short textbook is perfect for students of European history.

Table of Contents

Maps	vii
Preface: The Value of History	ix
The Late Middle Ages in Eastern Europe	1	(31)
Introduction	1	(3)
The Crusades	4	(7)
The Fall of Byzantium, 1081--1453	11	(5)
The Ottoman Empire, 1453--1699	16	(5)
Russia from the Thirteenth to the End of the Seventeenth Centuries	21	(9)
Summary	30	(2)
The Rise of the Nation	32	(34)
A World Turned Upside Down	32	(8)
The Emerging National Monarchies	40	(14)
Particularism in Germany and Italy	54	(10)
Summary	64	(2)
The Renaissance	66	(34)
A Money Economy	67	(6)
Printing, Thought, and Literature	73	(8)
Science and Religion	81	(7)
The Fine Arts	88	(6)
The Art of Daily Living	94	(4)
Summary	98	(2)
Exploration and Expansion	100	(31)
The Expansion of the West	100	(4)
East by Sea to the Indies	104	(7)
West by Sea to the Indies	111	(5)
The North Atlantic Powers	116	(6)
Russia	122	(2)
The Impact of Expansion	124	(5)
Summary	129	(2)
The Age of Reformation	131	(38)
Protestant Founders	134	(15)
Protestant Beliefs and Practices	149	(5)
The Catholic Reformation	154	(7)
Protestantism and the Idea of Progress	161	(6)
Summary	167	(2)
The Great Powers in Conflict	169	(49)
A Long Duree	169	(5)
A Complexity of Wars	174	(4)
Between Feudal Kingdom and Nation State: Absolutism	178	(2)
The Catholic Monarchies: Spain and France	180	(10)
The Protestant States: Tudor England and the Dutch Republic	190	(9)
The Holy Roman Empire and the Thirty Years' War	199	(6)
Absolutism and Slavery	205	(2)
Science and Religion	207	(9)
Summary	216	(2)
Chronology	218	(6)
Suggestions for Further Reading	224	(19)
Index	243