Christendom destroyed : Europe 1517-1648 /
"This latest addition to the landmark Penguin History of Europe series is a fascinating study of 16th and 17th century Europe and the fundamental changes which led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and political frameworks of Western Europe as we know it. From peas...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
2014.
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| Series: | Penguin history of Europe ;
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Table of Contents:
- The fall of Western Christendom
- From the "Silver Age" to the "Iron Century." Human replenishment ; Urban and rural worlds ; Treasure and transaction ; Noble pursuits
- Grasping the world. Europe in the world ; Earth and heavens observed ; Being in touch
- Christendom afflicted. Politics and empire in the Age of Charles V ; Schism ; Reaction, repression, reform
- Christian commonwealths in contention. Conflicts in the name of God ; Living with religious divisions ; Churches and the world ; The waning of Crusade
- Christian states in disarray. The business of states ; States in confrontation ; War at large
- Times of troubles to the East and West
- Europe's paroxysm.