Europe Unfolding

1648-1688

AvJohn Stoye

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

Del i serien Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe

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Beskrivning

The revised edition of this classic text covers both the turbulence of war which raged throughout this period, and explores how, alongside such turbulence, it was possible for some countries to both flourish and produce spectacular advances in art, science and thinking.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-11-03
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:485 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe
Antal sidor:336
Upplaga:2
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631213871

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

John Stoye was formerly a Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford and the author of English Travellers Abroad 1604-1667 (1952), The Siege of Vienna (1964) and Marsigli's Europe 1680-1730 (1994).

Recensioner i media

"A well-written, sure, compact narrative which does ample justice to every significant aspect of late seventeenth-century Europe." Times Literary Supplement

Innehållsförteckning

List of Maps. Preface.1. A New Stability at the Centre.2. The Crises of Eastern Europe.3. The Eclipse of France.4. The Survival of Spain.5. The Standstill of the North.6. The Minor Experiments in Autocracy.7. The Major Experiment: France.8. The European Mind, 1640-70.9. The Diplomacy and Warfare of Louis XIV, 1660-80.10. The Ottoman Empire and its Impact on Europe, 1672-88.11. The Uneasy Calm of Western Europe, 1678-88.12. Epilogue: The Interlock of 1688.The Ruling Dynasties.Further Reading.Index.