The new Cambridge modern history. Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520 / planned by G.R. Potter ; edited with a new preface by Denys Hay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potter, G. R. (George Richard), 1900- editor.

Hay, Denys, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History--1492-1517.

Europe.

Renaissance.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 469 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1957.

Summary:

This volume studies the period of the Renaissance, 1493-1520.

Contents:

General introduction: history and the modern historian / Sir George Clark

The face of Europe on the eve of the great discoveries / H.C. Darby

Fifteenth-century civilisation and the Renaissance / Han Baron

The Papacy and the Catholic Church / R. Aubenas

Learning and education in western Europe from 1470 to 1520 / R. Weiss

The arts in western Europe. Italy / R. Wittkower. Northern Europe / L.D. Ettlinger. Spain / Enriqueta Frankfort. Vernacular literature in western Europe / H.W. Lawton

The empire under Maximilian I / R.G.D. Laffan

The Burgundian Netherlands, 1477-1521 / C.A.J. Armstrong

International relations in the West: diplomacy and war / J.R. Hale

France under Charles VIII and Louis XII / R. Doucet

The hispanic kingdoms and the Catholic kings / J.M. Batista i Roca

The invasions of Italy / Cecilia M. Ady

Eastern Europe / C.A. Macartney

The Ottoman Empire (1481-1520) / V.J. Parry

The new world. Portuguese expansion / H.V. Livermore. Spaniards in the new world / J.H. Parry

Expansion as a concern of all Europe / E.E. Rich.

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ISBN:

9781139055765 (ebook)

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