The Story of the Renaissance and Reformation

Table of Contents.

Preface
Maps
I. Medieval Europe
II. The Italian City States
III. Marco Polo Visits China
IV. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
V. The Morning Star of the Reformation
VI. The Council at Constance
VII. Changes in the East
VIII. The Fall of Constantinople
IX. The Italian Renaissance
X. The Medici of Florence
XI. The Sforza of Milan
XII. A Wonderful Invention
XIII. Ferdinand and Isabella
XIV. The Conquest of Granada
XV. The Fall of the Alhambra
XVI. The Spanish Inquisition
XVII. Maximilian of Austira
XVIII. Two Pretenders
XIX. A Grasping King
XX. The First Italian War
XXI. The Bonfire of the Vanities
XXII. The Borgia of Rome
XXIII. The Second Italian War
XXIV. The First Renaissance Man
XXV. The Pope and the Artist
XXVI. Death of Louis XII
XXVII. Francis I of France
XXVIII. Rivalry of Kings
XXIX. Struggle for the Balance of Power
XXX. Achievements of Francis I
XXXI. The Founder of the Old Regime
XXXII. The New Opinions
XXXIII. The Man Who Laid the Egg
XXXIV. Three Narrow Escapes
XXXV. The Monk’s Discovery
XXXVI. The Paper on the Door
XXXVII. A Thunderstorm Breaks
XXXVIII. The Diet at Worms
XXXIX. The Peasants' War
XL. The Ottoman Empire
XLI. The Defender of the Faith
XLII. Death of Wolsey and More
XLIII. Henry’s Wives
XLIV. The King and the Painter
XLV. Ulrich Zwingli & the Swiss Reformation
XLVI. Menno Simons and the Anabaptists
XLVII. John Calvin and the Huguenots
XLVIII. Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits
XLIX. The Council of Trent
L. A Boy King
LI. The Ten-Days’ Reign

LII. Mary and the Protestants
LIII. The Death of Charles V
LIV. The Death of Francis I
LV. The Reign of Henry II
LVI. A Young King and Queen
LVII. Catherine’s Regency
LVIII. The Forced Wedding
LIX. The Massacre of the Huguenots
LX. The Death of Charles IX
LXI. A Clever Queen
LXII. Elizabeth’s Suitors
LXIII. John Knox and the Scots Covenanters
LXIV. Mary, Queen of Scots
LXV. Captivity of Mary Stuart
LXVI. Philip II of Spain and the Provinces
LXVII. The Revolt of the Provinces
LXVIII. The Siege of Leyden
LXIX. The Wreck of the Spanish Armada
LXX. An Effeminate King
LXXI. The Battle of Coutras
LXXII. The Murder of the Guises
LXXIII. Winning a Crown
LXXIV. Conversion of Henry IV
LXXV. Henry IV and Marie de' Medici
LXXVI. Death of Henry IV
LXXVII. The Elizabethan Age
LXXVIII. Death of Elizabeth
LXXIX. A Scottish King
LXXX. The Gunpowder Plot
LXXXI. Sir Walter Raleigh
LXXXII. The Dawn of the Seventeenth Century
LXXXIII. The Beginning of the Thirty Years’ War
LXXXIV. The Revolt of Bohemia
LXXXV. The Minority of Louis XIII
LXXXVI. The Rule of Favorites
LXXXVII. The Edict of Restitution
LXXXVIII. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
LXXXIX. France Enters the War
XC. The Peace of Westphalia
XCI. The End of Louis XIII’s Reign
XCII. The New Science
XCIII. King and Parliament
XCIV. Cavaliers and Roundheads
XCV. “Remember”
XCVI. The Royal Oak
XCVII. The Commonwealth
XCVIII. The Restoration
XCIX. The Advances of Liberty
Timeline of the Renaissance and Reformation
Recommended Reading
Bibliography
Index