Category: History - European

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931 [Editor]; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 [Editor]; Rudd, John, LL. D. [Editor]· 2 chapters· 152,385 words

During the eighteenth century a remarkable change swept over Europe. The dominant spirit of the time ceased to be artistic as in the Renaissance, or religious as in the Reformation, or military as during the savage civil wars that had followed. The central figure of the world...