1492-1648

Portrays the Renaissance experience through brief biographies of the lives and work of ninety-four people who represent the full spectrum of Renaissance culture, and includes Leonardo da Vinci, Charles V, St. Teresa of Avila, and more.

Contains entries that provide information about significant people and events in European history from 1450 to 1789, covering medicine, agriculture, the military, the Enlightenment, religious practice, and many other topics; arranged alphabetically from Tasso to Zwingli, with maps, and a comprehensive index.

Contains entries that provide information about significant people and events in European history from 1450 to 1789, covering medicine, agriculture, the military, the Enlightenment, religious practice, and many other topics; arranged alphabetically from Po to Switzerland, with maps.

Contains entries that provide information about significant people and events in European history from 1450 to 1789, covering medicine, agriculture, the military, the Enlightenment, religious practice, and many other topics; arranged alphabetically from Macau to Pope, with maps.

Contains entries that provide information about significant people and events in European history from 1450 to 1789, covering medicine, agriculture, the military, the Enlightenment, religious practice, and many other topics; arranged alphabetically from Gabrieli to Lyon, with maps.

Contains entries that provide information about significant people and events in European history from 1450 to 1789, covering medicine, agriculture, the military, the Enlightenment, religious practice, and many other topics; arranged alphabetically from Cologne to fur, with maps.

Chronicles the lives of 42 European monarchs from 1400 to 1600.

The rebirth of knowledge, art, and philosophy, and a rejuvenation of banking and business, mark the period known as the Renaissance. Follow the important events in this flourishing of Western culture.

"Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, women wielded enormous power over their territories for more than a hundred years. In the sixteenth century, as in our own, the phenomenon of the powerful woman offered challenges and opportunities. Opportunities, as when in 1529 Margaret of Austria and Louise of Savoy negotiated the "Ladies' peace" of Cambrai. Challenges, as when both Mary Queen of Scots and her kinswoman Elizabeth I came close to being destroyed by sexual scandal. A fascinating group biography of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history, Game of Queens tells the story of the powerful women who drove European history"--.