Power and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Times traces the power struggles and religious conflicts that embroiled the continent during medieval and Renaissance times and provided the foundation for the modern conception of Europe.

Table of Contents

• The Emergence of Modern Europe
• Introduction
• Economics and Society
• The State of European Politics
• The Reformation
• The Thirty Years’ War Begins
• Military Campaigns of the Thirty Years’ War
• Aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• The End of the Middle Ages
• Introduction
• The Frankish Ascendancy
• Growth and Innovation
• Reform and Renewal
• The Consequences of Reform
• From Territorial Principalities to Territorial Monarchies
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• The End of the Middle Ages
• Introduction
• The Idea of the Middle Ages
• Romans and Barbarians
• The World of Late Antiquity
• Western Christendom
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• The Italian and Northern Renaissance
• Introduction
• Urban Growth and Wars of Expansion
• Italian Humanism
• Renaissance Thought
• The Northern Renaissance
• Renaissance Science and Technology
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Bibliography