sixteenth century

Provides coverage of over 330 key events in political, economic, cultural, and social history between 1454-1600.

Presents a historical overview of the sixteenth century and chronologically arranged primary and secondary source documents on the period, covering European culture and politics, England as a world power, the Renaissance, the Reformation, exploration, the fall of the Aztecs and Incas, and events in Africa, the Turkish Ottoman Empire, Japan, and India.

Presents volume one of a two-volume set of over one hundred eighty essays covering the Renaissance period from 1454 to 1532 on topics including the foundation of the Saud Dynasty, social structure of Europe in the fifteenth century, Spanish Inquisition, Tudor England, colonial exploration and trade, Ottoman Wars, and much more.

An interpretation of Calvin and the Reformation and its relationship to the movements of the Renaissance.

Provides information about what was going on in the world at the time of Leonardo da Vinci, discussing rulers and leaders, daily life, discovery and invention, the arts, and belief systems in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas; and includes brief biographical information about the Renaissance artist and inventor.

Surveys important occurrences in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas around the year 1500.