"Europe Divided" is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to
a complex age of movement and conflict. Professor Elliott's strong
narrative takes account of political, economic and social
developments and provides vivid portraits of the leading
personalities of the era.
The book examines the hard lines of division in late
sixteenth-century Europe: between a Protestant North and a Catholic
South; between the rich, expanding economy of the West and the
harsh poverty of the agrarian East. It was the period that saw the
birth of the Dutch Republic; the defeat of the Spanish Armada; the
western repulse of the Ottoman Empire; the revival of the papacy
and an authoritarian Calvinism. It was also an era of strong
political personalities, of Philip II and a powerful Habsburg
Spain, of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine de Medici, of Henry IV and
Montaigne.
Throughout the text, Professor Elliott has been concerned to
reveal the complex interaction of events in different parts of the
continent, rather than examining regions in isolation. The book
therefore conveys the feeling of contemporaries of the era - that
they were involved in a great European drama.
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