Covering the period comprising the Renaissance and Reformation, this volume introduces a unique set of interdisciplinary biographical dictionaries providing bas

This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-cent

Provides basic information on the people who have contributed significantly to the culture of Western civilization. Covers such figures as the religious leaders

As part of a unique series covering the grand sweep of Western civilization from ancient to present times, this biographical dictionary provides introductory in

A thought-provoking analysis of how the acquisition and utilization of information has determined the course of history over the past five centuries and shaped