Europe Divided:

1559 - 1598

Wiley, Jun 8, 2000 - History - 306 pages

Europe Divided is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to a complex age of movement and conflict. Professor Elliott's strong narrative takes account of political, economic and social developments and provides vivid portraits of the leading personalities of the era.

The book examines the hard lines of division in late sixteenth-century Europe: between a Protestant North and a Catholic South; between the rich, expanding economy of the West and the harsh poverty of the agrarian East. It was the period that saw the birth of the Dutch Republic; the defeat of the Spanish Armada; the western repulse of the Ottoman Empire; the revival of the papacy and an authoritarian Calvinism. It was also an era of strong political personalities, of Philip II and a powerful Habsburg Spain, of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine de Medici, of Henry IV and Montaigne.

Throughout the text, Professor Elliott has been concerned to reveal the complex interaction of events in different parts of the continent, rather than examining regions in isolation. The book therefore conveys the feeling of contemporaries of the era - that they were involved in a great European drama.

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About the author (2000)

John H. Elliott has lectured at the University of Cambridge, was Professor of history at King's College, London and at Princeton and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. His previous publications include The Revolt of the Catalans (1963), Imperial Spain 1469-1716 (1963), The Old World the New 1492-1650 (1970), Richelieu and Olivares (1984) and Spain and Its World 1500-1700 (1989). Most recently he has edited, with Laurence Brockliss, The World of the Favourite (1999), and he is currently engaged on a comparative study of British and Spanish colonization in the Americas.

Bibliographic information

Title	Europe Divided: 1559 - 1598 Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe
Author	John H. Elliott
Edition	2, illustrated
Publisher	Wiley, 2000
ISBN	0631217800, 9780631217800
Length	306 pages
Subjects	History › Modern › 18th Century History / Europe / General History / Modern / 18th Century

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