Reviews for Sixteenth Century Europe

The average rating for Sixteenth Century Europe based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-02-01 00:00:00 Steve Seno Zatiaľ najlepšie zo série. Veľmi dobre napísaná, miestami zábavná a bohatá na informácie. Tie sú podané jednoduchým spôsobom a sú vyskladané do skvelého historického rozprávania. Obsahovo sa autor venuje hlavne Španielsku, náboženským rozkolom, expanzii hlavne európskych mocností do sveta, dôsledkom renesancie či vynálezu kníhtlače. Čo viac ku knihe dodať, je to sonda do zlomového obdobia, kedy sa pomyselne končí stredovek a začína sa niečo, čo môžeme nazvať včasný či raný novovek. K slovu sa dostávajú delá,vojnové lode, absolutistickí panovníci a neochvejná snaha Európanov ovládnuť svet v mene viery a v mene presvedčenia, že to je tak dobré pre všetkých.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-03 00:00:00 Bradley S Cockrell In the hands of a scholar like Richard Mackenney, the 1500s seem like only yesterday. Every aspect of the culture and politics of the time is illuminated and connected with the trends working their way throughout Europe. For example, one can see the disputes of religious doctrine intertwined with political power that for the modern reader suggest that the interlude of the Enlightenment to follow could well have been only that, an interlude. Twentieth-first century America, though this is only implicit in what Mackenney writes. resembles that landscape of dogma, identity and faction threatening the state at every turn. A pleasure to read as much as it is a book of enormous scholarship. Highly recommended.