ABSTRACT
This innovative textbook uniquely combines an integrated survey of European and English history in the sixteenth century. The book is structured in three parts: the Western european Environment, The Rise of the Great Monarchies and the Crisis of the Great Monarchies. It covers political, social, religious and economic history from the late Renaissance to Mary Stuart and Philip II. It recognises the amount of common belief and interest between the British Isles and Western Europe in the century of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and indicates how events on one side of the Channel influenced those on the other side.
Key Features:
* colourful and informative biographical sketches of major figures
* clearly structured genealogical charts, chronologies and full glossaries
* surveys of changing historiograhical debates, including contemporary issues
* documentary exercises related to examination questions
* lavish illustrations including maps, tables, photographs and line drawings
Drawing on many years of classroom experience, Terry Morris presents in a highly readable and concise format the essential elements of narrative and debate while also indicating routes to follow for deeper and more advanced study. The book will be essential reading for students of early modern history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|98 pages
The Western European Environment
chapter Chapter One|18 pages
The Sixteenth Century in Context
chapter Chapter Two|16 pages
The Intellectual Context of the Sixteenth Century
chapter Chapter Three|18 pages
The European Reconnaissance
chapter Chapter Four|19 pages
The First Generation of Religious Reform
chapter Chapter Five|11 pages
Calvin and Calvinism
chapter Chapter Six|14 pages
The Catholic Counter-Reformation
part II|103 pages
The Rise of The Great Monarchies
chapter Chapter Seven|23 pages
Spain 1469–1555 From Unification to World Power
chapter Chapter Eight|16 pages
England in the Reign of Henry VII
chapter Chapter Nine|15 pages
International Conflict
chapter Chapter Ten|13 pages
Henry VIII: The Ascendancy of Wolsey
chapter Chapter Eleven|18 pages
The Henrician Reformation
chapter Chapter Twelve|16 pages
France in the Reigns of Francis I and Henry II
part III|148 pages
The Crisis of The Great Monarchies