European Crisis of the 1590s - Essays in Comparative History

First published in 1985, The European Crisis of the 1590s (now with a new preface by Peter Clark on the current literature on crisis and catastrophe) investigates in depth for the first time the origin and scale of the critical problems of the 1590s and their impact on European society.

List of contents

Part One 1. Introduction 2. Dearth, the English Crown and the 'Crisis of the 1590s' 3. A Crisis Contained? The Condition of English Towns in the 1590s 4. Dearth, Famine and Social Policy in the Dutch Republic at the End of the Sixteenth Century 5. Civil War and Natural Disaster in Northern France 6. The Later Wars of Religion in the French Midi 7. The European Crisis of the 1590s: the Situation in German Towns 8. Northern Italy in the 1590s 9. Southern Italy in the 1590s: Hard Times or Crisis? 10. Village-Building in Sicily: an Aristocratic Remedy for the Crisis of the 1590s 11. Spain: a Failed Transition Part Two 12. Demographic Crisis and Europe in the 1590s 13. Popular Disorder 14. The Impact of War 15. The Roles of the State and the Town in the General Crisis of the 1590s 16. Yet Another Crisis?

About the author

Peter Clark is Emeritus Professor of European Urban History at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has published extensively on European and global urban history

Product details

• Authors: Peter Clark
• Assisted by: Peter Clark (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9781003863663
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0386366-3
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, Economic history, Social and cultural history