Early Modern Europe, 14501789 (Cambridge History of Europe)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 6, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780521005210
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History: World; History; History - General History; Europe; Europe - General; Modern - General; History / Europe / General; Civilization; Politics and government
First sentence: IN the 1440s, the well-educated Italian nobleman Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-64), who had served as a diplomat for several high church officials to Switzerland, Scotland, and England, moved to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (ruled 1440-93) in Vienna.