Who's who in Europe, 1450-1750

"Between 1450 and 1750 Europe underwent tremendous political, religious and cultural change - change which laid the foundations for the Europe we know today. Henry Kamen has here compiled an accessible biographical guide to Europe in this most exciting of periods - the time of the Renaissance and the Reformation, the time of daVinci and Erasmus, Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell." "In over a thousand entries, which take in the whole of Europe and cover politics, culture, religion and science, Professor Kamen and his international contributors, all experts in their field, shed new light on the key players in this extraordinarily rich and formative period of history."--Jacket.