Reviews for The Low Countries in the Sixteenth Century: Erasmus, Religion and Politics, Trade and Finance

The average rating for The Low Countries in the Sixteenth Century: Erasmus, Religion and Politics, Trade and Finance based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-12 00:00:00 James Brouillard Structuralist to a fault (in some cases Jungian?), temporally and geographically unfocused, filled with sweeping generalizations that cannot possibly work, and surprisingly little analysis about gender and masculinity in a book about kings and kingship?????

Review # 2 was written on 2016-12-01 00:00:00 Curtis Gustafson Fascinating examination of the Counter Reformation, the Spanish super power and the religious wars that kept France weak and drained the Spanish treasury. Of particular interest to readers from the Anglosphere is how vigorous, successful and clever Phillip II of Spain actually was, of how the defeat of the Armada was a disappointment, but not a crushing defeat for Spain and how ineffectual a military leader Francis Drake actually was.