Previously published 2001 by Pearson Education Limited under the title: "The Longman handbook of early modern Europe, 1453–1763".
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.
Author(s): Chris Cook, Philip Broadhead
Series: Routledge Companions to History
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: X+374
List of maps vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements x
Part I. Political History 1
Heads of State 2
Political Chronologies 16
France 16
Italy 32
The Netherlands 38
Prussia 41
The Baltic 45
Poland-Lithuania 48
Russia 52
The Ottoman Empire 59
The Holy Roman Empire 65
The Austrian Monarchy 81
Spain 87
Portugal 98
England 100
Part II. Warfare and Diplomacy 101
The Military Revolution 102
Major Wars and Rebellions 104
Treaties and Alliances 128
Part III. Religion 141
Religious Life in Europe on the Eve of the Reformation 142
Martin Luther and the Reformation 144
Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich 147
Calvin and Geneva 149
The Reformation and Civil War in France 151
Reformation and Revolt in the Netherlands 155
The Radical Reformation 158
The Reformation and Religious Change in Early
Modern England 161
The Northern Reformation 164
The Catholic Church after 1517 165
The Inquisition 169
The Jesuits 172
Lutheranism from 1546 174
The Expansion of Christianity Overseas 176
The Jews in Early Modern Europe 178
Witchcraft in the Early Modern Period 180
Part IV. Economy and Society 183
Population, Urbanisation and Health 184
Wages and Prices 190
Trade, Commerce and Industry 195
The Atlantic Slave Trade 200
Part V. Culture and Society 203
The Renaissance 204
The Enlightenment 207
Enlightened Despotism to c. 1763 210
Science and Technology 212
Part VI. The Expansion of Europe 215
The Age of Reconnaissance 216
The Portuguese Seaborne Empire, 1450–1668 219
The Spanish Seaborne Empire, 1492–1588 221
The Dutch Seaborne Empire 223
The First British Empire 225
The French Empire ('France Outremer') 228
The Portuguese and Spanish Empires: A Glossary of Places 229
Main Territories under British Rule by 1763 232
Part VII. Biographies 235
Part VIII. Glossary of Terms 261
Part IX. Bibliography 287
Genealogies 319
Maps 335
Index 359
