Habsburg and Bourbon Europe 1470 - 1720

Contents Part One: Habsburg and Bourbon Europe 1 Europe in the Late-medieval, Early-modern Period 2 The Expansion of Europe in the Sixteenth Century 3 The European Economy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Part Two: The Reformation of the Church 4 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 5 The Italian Renaissance 6 Erasmus and Christian Humanism 7 Luther 8 The Reformation in Germany and Switzerland 9 The Reformation outside Germany and Switzerland 10 The Reformation of the Roman Catholic Church Part Three: Habsburg Europe 11 Freedom and ‘Liberties’ 12 Western Europe and the Italian Wars 1494-1516 13 Charles V, Francis I, and the Habsburg—Valois struggle for supremacy 14 The Revolt of the Netherlands 15 The French Wars of Religion 16 Spain under Philip II 17 Poland, Russia and the Baltic States in the Sixteenth Century 18 The Ottoman Turks, and Central and Eastern Europe, in the Sixteenth Century Part Four: Habsburg Against Bourbon 19 The Triumph of the Politiques 20 The Thirty Years War 21 France 1598—1660 22 Spain under the Habsburgs, 1598—1700 23 The Netherlands, 1609—72 24 The Baltic Powers in the Seventeenth Century Part Five: Bourbon Europe 25 The Habsburg Inheritance and the Triumph of Absolutism 26 France under Louis XIV 27 France and Europe, 1660-1720 28 Charles XII, Peter the Great, and the Great Northern War 1700—21 29 The Ottoman Turks, and Central and Eastern Europe, in the Seventeenth Century Table of Rulers Family Trees Maps Bibliography Index