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.

part I|100 pages

Political History

chapter |14 pages

Heads of State

chapter |85 pages

Political Chronologies

part II|39 pages

Warfare and Diplomacy

chapter |2 pages

The Military Revolution

chapter |24 pages

Major Wars And Rebellions

chapter |12 pages

Treaties And Alliances

part III|42 pages

Religion

chapter |3 pages

Martin Luther and the Reformation

chapter |2 pages

Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich

chapter |2 pages

Calvin and Geneva

chapter |4 pages

The Reformation and Civil War in France

chapter |3 pages

The Radical Reformation

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 IV|19 pages

Economy and Society

chapter IV|6 pages

Population, Urbanisation and Health

chapter I|5 pages

Wages and Prices

chapter I|5 pages

Trade, Commerce and Industry

chapter I|2 pages

The Atlantic Slave Trade1

part V|12 pages

Culture and Society

chapter V|3 pages

The Renaissance

chapter V|3 pages

The Enlightenment

chapter V|2 pages

Enlightened Despotism to c. 1763

chapter V|3 pages

Science and Technology

part VI|19 pages

The Expansion of Europe

chapter VI|3 pages

The Age of Reconnaissance

chapter VI|2 pages

The Spanish Seaborne Empire, 1492–1588

chapter VI|2 pages

The Dutch Seaborne Empire

chapter VI|3 pages

The First British Empire

chapter VI|1 pages

The French Empire (France Outremer)