Europe in a Wider World, 1350-1650

by Robin W. Winks and Lee Palmer Wandel

Book Overview

Between roughly 1350 and 1650, Europe underwent seismic changes in economics, politics, culture, and religion. Feudal monarchies were reconceived as abstract states. The new technology of the printing press transformed how information was disseminated, bringing texts to different social groups. Painters perfected the artifice of perspective for an increasingly commercial patronage, even as they themselves cultivated the value of their own "genius"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195154487
• ISBN13: 9780195154481
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"