{"product_id":"9780631217794","title":"Europe Divided 1559 - 1598","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Classic Histories of Europe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEurope Divided\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e1559 - 1598\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn H. Elliott\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 18th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEurope Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to a complex age of movement and conflict. Professor Elliott's strong narrative takes account of political, economic and social developments and provides vivid portraits of the leading personalities of the era.  \u003cp\u003eThe book examines the hard lines of division in late sixteenth-century Europe: between a Protestant North and a Catholic South; between the rich, expanding economy of the West and the harsh poverty of the agrarian East. It was the period that saw the birth of the Dutch Republic; the defeat of the Spanish Armada; the western repulse of the Ottoman Empire; the revival of the papacy and an authoritarian Calvinism. It was also an era of strong political personalities, of Philip II and a powerful Habsburg Spain, of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine de Medici, of Henry IV and Montaigne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout the text, Professor Elliott has been concerned to reveal the complex interaction of events in different parts of the continent, rather than examining regions in isolation. The book therefore conveys the feeling of contemporaries of the era - that they were involved in a great European drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn H. Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e has lectured at the University of Cambridge, was Professor of history at King's College, London and at Princeton and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Revolt of the Catalans\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eImperial Spain 1469-1716\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eThe Old World the New 1492-1650\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eRichelieu and Olivares\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and \u003ci\u003eSpain and Its World 1500-1700\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). Most recently he has edited, with Laurence Brockliss, \u003ci\u003eThe World of the Favourite\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and he is currently engaged on a comparative study of British and Spanish colonization in the Americas.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 June 2000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631217794\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310801547404,"sku":"9780631217794","price":154.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631217794_37eca86d-7702-496d-8ec6-5606684270d3.jpg?v=1780111691","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631217794","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}