This concise survey is designed to make the exciting history of Europe in the age of the Renaissance and Reformation come alive to readers. It is the first textbook on Europe between 1300 and 1700 to focus on gender as a significant issue for historical analysis. Author Jonathan W. Zophy introduces major events and personalities of the period as well as its cultural, economic, religious, political, and social developments. Taking a biographical approach, the book discusses ideas and artistic creations in their human and societal contexts.

• Reflects the latest in cross-disciplinary scholarship
• Written in a lively, student-friendly style
• Handsomely illustrated with masterpieces of art and useful maps
• Each chapter concludes with a chronology and up-to-date reading lists
• NEW--Revised bibliographies
• NEW--Additional material on Savonarola and Philip Melanchthon