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The verge : Reformation, Renaissance, and forty years that shook the world

The verge : Reformation, Renaissance, and forty years that shook the world

Wyman, Patrick, author.
Book 2021

"THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history. Here, author Patrick Wyman examines two complementary and contradictory sides of the same historical coin: the world-altering implications of the developments of printed mass media, extreme taxation, exploitative globalization, humanistic learning, gunpowder warfare, and mass religious conflict in the long term, and their intensely dis...

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Europe Biography
Europe Economic conditions 15th century
Europe Economic conditions 16th century
Europe History 1492-1517
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ISBN:
9781538701188
1538701189
Edition:
First edition
Description:
xi, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Reformation, Renaissance, and forty years that shook the world
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Christopher Columbus and exploration
Isabella of Castille and the rise of the State
Jacob Fugger and banking
Götz von Berlichingen and the military revolution
Aldus Manutius and printing
John Heritage and everyday capitalism
Martin Luther, the printing press, and disrupting the Church
Suleiman the Magnificent and the Ottoman superpower
Charles V and universal rule
LCCN:
2021006600
Control Number:
3083564
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