An account of the voyages of exploration and discovery made between 1420 and 1620.

Profusely illustrated description of the history, culture and civilization of ancient Mesopotamia.

During the 16th century a movement started that culminated in the founding of Protestantism. The story of ecclesiastical reform as it developed into contending factions, and as it interacted with the political, social, economicand philosophical currents of the age, is unfolded in this book.

A lavishly illustrated discussion of the events, ideas, artists and other major personalities of the Renaissance period in Italy.

A six-hundred-year history of medieval Europe, covering the spread of Christianity to barbaric tribes; the rise of parliamentary government and the stabilization of nation states; the development of court and jury justice; the revival and expansion of trade; the growth of towns, feudal life, and education; and the new trends in art and architecture.