The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1: The Renaissance, 1493-1520

G. R. Potter, Editor: Denys Hay

ISBN 10: 0521099749 / ISBN 13: 9780521099745

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 1975

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Softcover, 532 pages. In a preface written for this paperback edition, Professor Hay examines some of the changes in Renaissance scholarship since the first publication of this volume in 1957. Successive chapters examine the social and economic structure of a continent about to establish trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, with its rising nation states, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire. Clean copy. Record # 387404.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1: The Renaissance, 1493-1520
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521099749
• ISBN 13: 9780521099745
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In a preface written for the paperback edition, Professor Hay examines some of the changes in Renaissance scholarship since the first publication of this volume in 1957. Successive chapters examine the social and economic structure of a continent about to establish trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, with its rising nation states, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire.

Book Description

This volume examines the social and economic structure of a continent establishing trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire.