Ebook: Aspects of European History 1494-1789

ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY 1494-1789 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Renaissance Humanism -- 2 The Background to the Reformation -- 3 Political Factors in the Spread of Lutheranism in Germany Between 1517 and 1555 -- 4 The Spread and Significance of Calvinism -- 5 Calvinism and the Jesuits -- 6 The Counter Reformation -- 7 The Political Development of Spain 1474-1598 -- 8 The Italian Wars and the Habsburg-Valois Struggle 1494-1559 -- 9 The Foreign Policy of Philip II -- 10 The Development of the Ottoman Empire to 1566 -- 11 The Beginnings of Ottoman Decline 1566-1699 -- 12 European Population Growth 1500-1800 -- 13 The Holy Roman Empire 1493-1618 -- 14 Issues Involved in the Thirty Years' War -- 15 The Effects of the Thirty Years' War on Germany -- 16 The Significance of the Treaty of Westphalia -- 17 The Spanish and Portuguese Empires -- 18 The Impact of the Spanish Empire on Spain's Economy in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries -- 19 Sweden as a Major Power 1611-1721 -- 20 The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century -- 21 France During the Administration of Cardinal Richelieu -- 22 France Under Louis XIV -- 23 French Foreign Policy in the Seventeenth Century -- 24 The Reforms of the Great Elector -- 25 The Growth of the Prussian Bureaucracy in the Eighteenth Century -- 26 Prussian Foreign Policy 1740-1786 -- 27 The Reforms of Peter the Great -- 28 Russia Under Catherine the Great -- 29 Russian Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century -- 30 Austria Under Maria Theresa -- 31 Austria Under Joseph II -- 32 The Age of Reason -- 33 Enlightened Despotism: A General Survey -- 34 France Under the Regency and Cardinal Fleury 1715-1743 -- 35 France Under Louis XV and Louis XVI -- 36 French Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century -- 37 The Origins of the French Revolution -- Notes -- Bibliography.;First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.