David Nicholas is Emeritus Professor of History at Clemson University, USA

'...a refreshingly different perspective to the usual 'birth of the Renaissance and its consequences' approach.' English Historical Review 'A wide-ranging, informative and engaging study of European life in what are conventionally described as the late medieval and early modern periods...an intelligent and coherent study, which provides an excellent introduction to a complex period.' Economic History Review

• Part I - c.1300-c.1450 / Europe in the era of the Hundred Years War / Of nations and states: changes in the institutions of government / Western Europe under siege: Slavs, Mongols and Turks / The late medieval economy: crisis, integration, realignment / Late nominalism and early humanism: changes in cultural like - Part II - c.1450-c.1600 / From the politics of religion to the religion of politics / The 'Renaissance State'? / Western Europe the besieger: west European expansion in Slavic Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas / The 'Long Sixteenth Century' in the economic development of Europe / The 'Late Renaissance': from classical humanism to vernacular classicism / Antiquity and modernity: the religious division of Europe in the Sixteenth century / Part III - Prospect: the early Seventeenth century.

David Nicholas is Emeritus Professor of History at Clemson University, USA

'...a refreshingly different perspective to the usual 'birth of the Renaissance and its consequences' approach.' English Historical Review 'A wide-ranging, informative and engaging study of European life in what are conventionally described as the late medieval and early modern periods...an intelligent and coherent study, which provides an excellent introduction to a complex period.' Economic History Review

• Part I - c.1300-c.1450 / Europe in the era of the Hundred Years War / Of nations and states: changes in the institutions of government / Western Europe under siege: Slavs, Mongols and Turks / The late medieval economy: crisis, integration, realignment / Late nominalism and early humanism: changes in cultural like - Part II - c.1450-c.1600 / From the politics of religion to the religion of politics / The 'Renaissance State'? / Western Europe the besieger: west European expansion in Slavic Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas / The 'Long Sixteenth Century' in the economic development of Europe / The 'Late Renaissance': from classical humanism to vernacular classicism / Antiquity and modernity: the religious division of Europe in the Sixteenth century / Part III - Prospect: the early Seventeenth century.

David Nicholas is Emeritus Professor of History at Clemson University, USA

'...a refreshingly different perspective to the usual 'birth of the Renaissance and its consequences' approach.' English Historical Review 'A wide-ranging, informative and engaging study of European life in what are conventionally described as the late medieval and early modern periods...an intelligent and coherent study, which provides an excellent introduction to a complex period.' Economic History Review

• Part I - c.1300-c.1450 / Europe in the era of the Hundred Years War / Of nations and states: changes in the institutions of government / Western Europe under siege: Slavs, Mongols and Turks / The late medieval economy: crisis, integration, realignment / Late nominalism and early humanism: changes in cultural like - Part II - c.1450-c.1600 / From the politics of religion to the religion of politics / The 'Renaissance State'? / Western Europe the besieger: west European expansion in Slavic Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas / The 'Long Sixteenth Century' in the economic development of Europe / The 'Late Renaissance': from classical humanism to vernacular classicism / Antiquity and modernity: the religious division of Europe in the Sixteenth century / Part III - Prospect: the early Seventeenth century.