| Who's Who in Europe 1450-1750 Contributor(s): Kamen, Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415147271 ISBN-13: 9780415147279 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: This A-Z reference covers over 1000 major personalities who lived during some of the most eventful years in European history. In biographical entries of up to 300+ words, "Who's Who in Europe, 1450-1750" spans an era which saw the Renaissance and baroque periods in art, the Reformation and ensuing bloody wars of religion, the first great scientific and medical discoveries, and much more. Readers will quickly locate information on people like: English playwright and reputed spy Aphra Behn; astronomer Tycho Brahe; Elizabeth of Bohemia, the "Winter Queen"; Gabrielle d'Estrees, mistress of King Henri IV; Martin Luther; Martin Luther; Cardinal Richelieu; Ivan the Terrible; notorious Spanish Inquisitor Torquemada; Vermeer; and a crowd of other fascinating people. Highly readable, yet supported by impeccable scholarship, this reference will be invaluable for students, and a pleasure for anyone interested in the history of early modern Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Reference |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00267243 |
| Series: Who's Who Series |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.42" W x 9.52" (1.71 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between 1450 and 1750 Europe underwent tremendous political, religious and cultural change - change which laid the foundations for the Europe we know today. Henry Kamen has compiled an accessible biographical guide to Europe in this most exciting of periods - the time of the Renaissance and the Reformation, the time of da Vinci and Erasmus, Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell. |