'Sweeping majestically through the stressful centuries that gave birth to a new Europe, Henry Kamen matches generalization with vivid detail in a masterly fashion.' - Times Educational Supplement
Examining the nature and diversity of urban life during the 16th and 17th centuries-- a period of considerable economic, political and social change-- this text stresses the extent to which towns...
European history between the Renaissance and the General Crisis of the 17th century is dominated by the spectacular triumphs of princes. The development of absolutism was a powerful threat to the...