| Author |
: G. R. Potter |
| Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages |
: 572 |
| Release |
: 1957-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 |
: 052104541X |
| ISBN-13 |
: 9780521045414 |
| Rating |
: 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520 by : G. R. Potter
Download or read book The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520 written by G. R. Potter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1957-01-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.