Christendom Destroyed Europe 1517-1648

includes index and biblioraphy

The fall of western christendom ........................1 1. From the silver age to the Iron Century Human replenishment .........41 Urban and rural worlds...........66 Treasure and transaction.............101 Noble pursuits............123 2. Grasping the world Europe in the world .........151 earth and heavens observed .............184 Being in touch ...........227 3. Christendom Afflicted Politics and empire in the age of charles V .............259 Schism .......308 Raction, repression, reform...............352 4. Christian commonwealths in Contention Conflicts in the name of God ..........389 Living with religious divisions ............436 Churches and the world .............463 The waning of crusade ...........496 5. Christian states in Disarray The business of States................. 523 States in confrontation ...........564 War at large ..................604 Times of Troubles to the east and west ..............644