Dimensions
156 x 232 x 24mm
This all-encompassing history of the European Golden Age traces the vast changes in science, art and religion that gave birth to modernity.
Although the seventeenth century was one of continuous wars and revolutions, the achievements in the arts and sciences made it for Europe a golden age. Here is the Spain of Cervantes and Velazquez, the Amsterdam of Hals and Rembrandt, the London of Milton and Shakespeare, the Antwerp of Rubens and the Paris of Moliere all intertwined with modern historical analysis.