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1492-1648

The atlas of the Renaissance world

2003
Text, maps, and illustrations reveal the art, architecture, trade, agriculture, religion, geographical discoveries, and other aspects of the Renaissance period throughout Europe.

The measure of reality

quantification and western society, 1250-1600
1997
Discusses the shift from qualitative to quantitative perception in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance helping to modernize science, business, and technology and also looks at how this change in thinking affected such areas as music and art.

The Renaissance

2007
An introduction to the various elements of Renaissance life, including religion, trade, education, food, and clothes.

The Renaissance at war

2006
Discusses gunpowder as a component of the military revolution that took place during the Renaissance, looking at how the advent of modern artillery and portable firearms altered the nature of warfare in Europe in the late fifteenth century, and considering the effects of that transformation on society.

Emperor Charles V, impresario of war

campaign strategy, international finance, and domestic politics
2002
Measures the strategic aims of Emperor Charles V's personal campaigns during the sixteenth century and examines who and what financed them.

Renaissance lives

portraits of an age
2000
Provides a portrait of life during the Renaissance through biographical profiles of fifteen notable men and women, including Catherine de' Medici, Galileo, and others.

The Middle Ages and the early modern period

from the 5th century to the 18th century
2013
Readers will study the intriguing history and culture of the medieval and early modern periods, including: the Germanic Empires of the fifth century, the founding of Canada and the United States, and the arrival of the Europeans in Oceania and Australia in the eighteenth century.

World eras

2001
Examines aspects of the daily life and social history of Europe in the years between 1350 and 1600, looking at world events, geography, the arts, politics, leisure, religion, science, health, and other topics; and includes biographical profiles, a time line, documentary sources, and indexes.

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