Handbook of European History 1400-1600: Late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation

by James D. Tracy (Editor)

The Handbook of European History 1400-1600 brings together the best scholarship into an array of topical chapters that present current knowledge and thinking in ways useful to the specialist and accessible to students and to the educated non-specialist. Forty-one leading scholars in this field of history present the state of knowledge about the grand themes, main controversies and fruitful directions for research of European history in this era. Volume 1 ( Structures and Assertions ) describes the people, lands, religions and political structures which define the setting for this historical period. Volume 2 ( Visions, Programs, Outcomes ) covers the early stages of the process by which newly established confessional structures began to work their way among the populace.

Genres: History, Medieval, Historical

1473 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Brenda Conry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a page-turner. Academic writing by historians for historians. Arm chair history buffs like myself will likely find this dry, as a whole. I did learn things, and I found some inclusions interesting as they are--in my experience--not often dealt with in European history books. One section on the Ottoman Empire, and a section that dealt with the expansion, and exploitation of Asia and the "New World" by Portugal and Spain. Now on to volume 2.

[Mia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great resource for European History or European Literature scholars. Great breadth of knowledge and approachable language. Highly recommend.