Table of Contents

Preface The Reconquista, c.711-1492 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Pamela Beattie The Renaissance, c. 1300-1630 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Blake Beattie The Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Daniel Webster Hollis, III The Ming Dynasty Comes to Power, 1368-1431 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Lung-kee Sun The Age of European Expansion Begins, c. 1450-c.1525 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Steven E. Siry The Development of Movable Type, c. 1450 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Alison Gulley The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 Introduction Interpretive Essay by John K. Cox The Conquest of the New World, 1492-c. 1550 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Clifford Staten The Protestant Reformation, c. 1517-1648 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Ineke Justiz The Spanish Armada Introduction Interpretive Essay by Connie S. Evans Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Timeline Appendix C: Ruling Houses and Dynasties Index

About the Author

Frank W. Thackeray is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. John E. Findling is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast.

Reviews

?The book is geared toward the high school, community college, and undergraduate student, as well as social studies and world history courses. It is an excellent supplementary text to standard reference works and textbooks dealing with the Medieval and Renaissance time periods.?-American Reference Books Annual

?[W]ill be useful to students as a reference.?-The Historian

?[W]ill be useful to students as a reference.??The Historian

"ÝW¨ill be useful to students as a reference."-The Historian

"[W]ill be useful to students as a reference."-The Historian

"The book is geared toward the high school, community college, and undergraduate student, as well as social studies and world history courses. It is an excellent supplementary text to standard reference works and textbooks dealing with the Medieval and Renaissance time periods."-American Reference Books Annual