Aspects of European History, 1494-1789 (University Paperbacks)

ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY 1494-1789 --
Copyright --
Contents --
Introduction --
1 Renaissance Humanism --
2 The Background to the Reformation --
3 Political Factors in the Spread of Lutheranism in Germany Between 1517 and 1555 --
4 The Spread and Significance of Calvinism --
5 Calvinism and the Jesuits --
6 The Counter Reformation --
7 The Political Development of Spain 1474-1598 --
8 The Italian Wars and the Habsburg-Valois Struggle 1494-1559 --
9 The Foreign Policy of Philip II --
10 The Development of the Ottoman Empire to 1566 --
11 The Beginnings of Ottoman Decline 1566-1699 --
12 European Population Growth 1500-1800 --
13 The Holy Roman Empire 1493-1618 --
14 Issues Involved in the Thirty Years\' War --
15 The Effects of the Thirty Years\' War on Germany --
16 The Significance of the Treaty of Westphalia --
17 The Spanish and Portuguese Empires --
18 The Impact of the Spanish Empire on Spain\'s Economy in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries --
19 Sweden as a Major Power 1611-1721 --
20 The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century --
21 France During the Administration of Cardinal Richelieu --
22 France Under Louis XIV --
23 French Foreign Policy in the Seventeenth Century --
24 The Reforms of the Great Elector --
25 The Growth of the Prussian Bureaucracy in the Eighteenth Century --
26 Prussian Foreign Policy 1740-1786 --
27 The Reforms of Peter the Great --
28 Russia Under Catherine the Great --
29 Russian Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century --
30 Austria Under Maria Theresa --
31 Austria Under Joseph II --
32 The Age of Reason --
33 Enlightened Despotism: A General Survey --
34 France Under the Regency and Cardinal Fleury 1715-1743 --
35 France Under Louis XV and Louis XVI --
36 French Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century --
37 The Origins of the French Revolution --
Notes --
Bibliography.