ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Part I Political History
chapter |14 pages
Heads of State
chapter |85 pages
Political Chronologies
part |1 pages
Part II Warfare and Diplomacy
chapter |2 pages
The Military Revolution
chapter |24 pages
Major Wars and Rebellions
chapter |13 pages
Treaties and Alliances
part |1 pages
Part III Religion
chapter |2 pages
Religious Life in Europe on the Eve of the Reformation
chapter |3 pages
Martin Luther and the Reformation
chapter |2 pages
Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich 149
chapter |2 pages
Calvin and Geneva
chapter |4 pages
The Reformation and Civil War in France
chapter |3 pages
Reformation and Revolt in the Netherlands
chapter |3 pages
The Radical Reformation
chapter |3 pages
The Reformation and Religious Change in Early Modern England
chapter |1 pages
The Northern Reformation
chapter |4 pages
The Catholic Church after 1517
chapter |3 pages
The Inquisition
chapter |2 pages
The Jesuits
chapter |2 pages
Lutheranism from 1546
chapter |2 pages
The Expansion of Christianity Overseas
chapter |2 pages
The Jews in Early Modern Europe
chapter |3 pages
Witchcraft in the Early Modern Period
part |1 pages
Part IV Economy and Society
chapter |6 pages
Population, Urbanisation and Health
chapter |5 pages
Wages and Prices
chapter |5 pages
Trade, Commerce and Industry
chapter |3 pages
The Atlantic Slave Trade
part |1 pages
Part V Culture and Society
chapter |3 pages
The Renaissance
chapter |3 pages
The Enlightenment
chapter |2 pages
Enlightened Despotism to c. 1763
chapter |3 pages
Science and Technology
part |1 pages
Part VI The Expansion of Europe