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7 de mar. de 2022 · The 16th century is a critical period in political, social, religious, and cultural history. The Renaissance, the Reformation, new absolute monarchies, the voyages of discovery, great advances in science, architectural monuments, artistic masterpieces, and more: all marked the birth of the modern as feudalism disintegrated, a society based on commerce and enterprise emerged, and Europe began ...
Native American - Colonization, 16th-17th Centuries: From a Native American perspective, the initial intentions of Europeans were not always immediately clear. Some Indian communities were approached with respect and in turn greeted the odd-looking visitors as guests. For many indigenous nations, however, the first impressions of Europeans were characterized by violent acts including raiding ...
English literature - Renaissance, Poetry, Drama: In a tradition of literature remarkable for its exacting and brilliant achievements, the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods have been said to represent the most brilliant century of all. (The reign of Elizabeth I began in 1558 and ended with her death in 1603; she was succeeded by the Stuart king James VI of Scotland, who took the title James ...
As time progressed, "The Reformation" came to be seen as a coherent sequence of events which was described, until the twentieth century, in positive terms by Protestant historians and in negative terms by Catholic ones. In Britain, the so-called "Whig history" saw the English Reformation as an integral part of the success story of the nation.
23 de sept. de 2023 · The rise of a newly unified Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries is one of the surprise stories of world history. As late as the 1460s, Spain was still fragmented. The Crown of Castile and Aragon were separate entities ruled by different monarchs. Even worse than this, Castile was in turmoil as King Henry and his half-siblings, Alfonso and ...
6 de dic. de 2023 · Portuguese explorations paved the way for other European nations to travel, conquer, and exploit regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific. This chapter includes artworks from the 1400s, when Portuguese voyages began to explore the coast of Africa, through the early 1800s, when Brazil gained political independence from Portugal.
4 de oct. de 2021 · Figure 7.10.14: In the fifteenth century, the northern European countries we know today as Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg were controlled by the enormously wealthy Dukes of Burgundy (Burgundy is a region in France). This is often referred to, today, as the Burgundian Netherlands.
