![]() ![]() academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. ![]() Aston vividly describes the momentous changes which Europe underwent and the re-assessment which these caused. ![]() Rranging throughout the Continent and drawing her most telling examples from the works of contemporary writers and observers, Mrs. The theme of this study of the 15th century is the emergence of Europe as an entity. Each of these had a lasting effect on the fate of Europe - indeed, on the fate of the whole world - and around them the author has woven a lucid and fascinating account. Fifteenth Century The Prospect Of Europe by Margaret Aston available in Trade Paperback on, also read synopsis and reviews. The geat events of the century were the plague, the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, the invention of the printing press, the exploration of the world and the revival of classical studies. Here the Renaissance is seen as part of a larger context - religious, social, cultural and economic. It was a period of discovery and questioning: a watershed in European history which is all too often glossed over with the catchword 'Renaissance'. The theme of this absorbing study of the fifteenth century is the emergence of Europe as an entity. ![]()
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