192 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Florence : cradle of the Renaissance -- The Italian Renaissance -- Rome : the papal bastion -- Imperial destiny : Habsburg-Valois rivalry -- A world beyond : exploration and empire -- Window on the world : the low countries -- A sceptered isle : Tudor England -- A world apart : Spain and her empire -- The Late Renaissance -- A Flickenteppich-Renaissance Germany -- A house divided : the Reformation.