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Author Elton, G. R

Title The New Cambridge Modern History. Volume 2. The Reformation, 1520-1559 / edited by G.R. Elton
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (751 pages)
Series The New Cambridge Modern History ; no. 2
New Cambridge Modern History ; no. 2
Summary This is the second, amended and enlarged edition of a familiar standard work, first published in 1958. Like its predecessor, it describes the open conflicts of the Reformation from Luther's first challenge to the uneasy peace of the 1560's. Reforming movements in all the principal countries are discussed, against the background of constitutional development and the political struggles of the ruling dynasties. Europe's relations with the outside world are given due prominence. The second edition incorporates the results of some thirty years of further research and fills some of the gaps, especially in the history of central Europe, which beset the first edition. All chapters which remain from 1958 have been revised, some very substantially-- Provided by Publisher
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Subject History, Modern.
History, Modern.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139055772
1139055771
9780521345361
0521345367