Product Description: This study was the first systematic attempt to reach behind the myth of Henri IV - famous for having brought order to France after long civil war - and explores the reality of his achievement. This Second Edition has been substantially updated.

Product Description: Current scholarship continues to emphasise both the importance and the sheer diversity of religious beliefs within early modern societies. Furthermore, it continues to show that, despite the wishes of secular and religious leaders, confessional uniformity was in many cases impossible to enforce...read more

Product Description: This volume contains valuable primary sources on the religious, political and social history of sixteenth-century England, only available until now in manuscript form. The sources include: Religious Ceremonial at the Tudor Court: Extracts from Royal Household Regulations; A Journal of Matters of State from the Death of Edward VI until 1562; Notes on the Controversy between the Dukes of Somerset and Northumberland; An Account from Jean Malliet, Councillor of Geneva, of his negotiations with England 1582-1583; and Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, 1590-1591...read more

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Product Description: This is a history of the Reformation across Europe and the British Isles from 1500 to 1618. It is a guide to the complexities of meaning and interpretation of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation - and the religious, intellectual and political changes that followed as a result...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Examines the era between 1300 and 1600, generally known as the European Renaissance, concentrating on artistic and literary aspects, as well as the economic, political, and religious changes.