Aspects of European History 1494-1789Routledge, 20 jun 2005 - 324 páginas First published in 1984. Lee's book takes an analytical approach to a wide range of topics in early modern European history, from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, showing a variety of methods that can be used to present a theme or argument in an essay or exam. |
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1 Renaissance Humanism | 1 |
2 The Background to the Reformation | 8 |
3 Political Factors in the Spread of Lutheranism in Germany Between 1517 and 1555 | 14 |
4 The Spread and Significance of Calvinism | 19 |
5 Calvinism and the Jesuits | 24 |
6 The Counter Reformation | 30 |
7 The Political Development of Spain 14741598 | 35 |
8 The Italian Wars and the HabsburgValois Struggle 14941559 | 41 |
21 France During the Administration of Cardinal Richelieu | 121 |
22 France Under Louis XIV | 128 |
23 French Foreign Policy in the Seventeenth Century | 134 |
24 The Reforms of the Great Elector | 141 |
25 The Growth of the Prussian Bureaucracy in the Eighteenth Century | 145 |
26 Prussian Foreign Policy 17401786 | 151 |
27 The Reforms of Peter the Great | 160 |
28 Russia Under Catherine the Great | 168 |
9 The Foreign Policy of Philip II | 46 |
10 The Development of the Ottoman Empire to 1566 | 53 |
11 The Beginnings of Ottoman Decline 15661699 | 59 |
12 European Population Growth 15001800 | 65 |
13 The Holy Roman Empire 14931618 | 71 |
14 Issues Involved in the Thirty Years War | 78 |
15 The Effects of the Thirty Years War on Germany | 85 |
16 The Significance of the Treaty of Westphalia | 91 |
17 The Spanish and Portuguese Empires | 97 |
18 The Impact of the Spanish Empire on Spains Economy in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries | 104 |
19 Sweden as a Major Power 16111721 | 109 |
20 The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century | 115 |
29 Russian Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century | 173 |
30 Austria Under Maria Theresa | 181 |
31 Austria Under Joseph II | 187 |
32 The Age of Reason | 194 |
A General Survey | 200 |
34 France Under the Regency and Cardinal Fleury 17151743 | 207 |
35 France Under Louis XV and Louis XVI | 211 |
36 French Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century | 217 |
37 The Origins of the French Revolution | 223 |
Notes | 229 |
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