Download or read book The Foundations of Early Modern Europe, 1460-1559 written by Eugene F. Rice and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1994 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthesis of Europe's Renaissance and Reformation periods thematically traces the transition from the medieval to the modern. The major themes of the book include technological breakthroughs and their social and economic consequences, the connections between the discovery of new lands and the recovery of ancient learning, Europe's economic expansion, humanist culture, the formation of the early modern state, and reform and revolution in the Church.