Sixteenth Century Europe: Expansion and Conflict (History of Europe) - Softcover

Richard MacKenney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333369246 ISBN 13: 9780333369241

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 1993

Synopsis

Few periods of a hundred years have held the imagination as much as the period 1500-1600. At least four great themes - Renaissance, Reformation, Counter-Reformation and Expansion - vie for dominance. The decisive cultural theme of the fifteenth century - classical revival in Italy - had spread and diversified, the social structures of the Ancien Regime were yet to solidify. This study examines the symptons of expansion - population growth, adventure overseas, new voyages of the imagination - and the areas of conflict - the world and the spirit, the public and private spheres, elite and popular cultures - and argues that spiritual quest and intellectual curiosity had the same cultural roots.

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Review:

'...an impressively comprehensive survey...Fast-moving, stylish, and witty...an enjoyable book.' - Mary Laven, International History Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0333369246
• ISBN 13: 9780333369241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 425