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First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd., 2014
First published in the United States by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014
Published in Penguin Books 2015
Copyright © 2014 by Mark Greengrass
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Illustration credits appear on pages x–xiii.
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Greengrass, Mark, 1949–
Christendom destroyed : Europe 1517–1648 / Mark Greengrass.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-698-17625-6
1. Europe—History—1517–1648. 2. Europe, Western—Civilization. 3. Christianity—Europe, Western. 4. Reformation—Europe, Western. 5. Church and state—Europe, Western. 6. Social change—Europe, Western. I. Title.
D231.G74 2014
940.2’3—dc23
2014007174
Cover design: Brianna Harden
Cover art: (top, left to right) Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1585–90, John Bettes the Younger / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images; Utopia, British Library, London, UK. © British Library Board. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images; Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636, Justus Sustermans, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy / Bridgeman Images; Portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis (Cardinal Richelieu), Philippe de Champaigne, La Sorbonne, Paris, France / Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images; (center) Tower of Babel, 1563, Pieter the Elder Bruegel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria / Bridgeman Images; (bottom, left to right) Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk, c. 1623–24, Lucas the Elder Cranach, Germanisches National Museum, Nuremburg, Germany / Bridgeman Images; Portrait of Pope Paul III, c. 1547, Tiziano Vecellio, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia / © AISA / Bridgeman Images; Johannes Kepler’s explanation of the structure of the planetary system, 1619 / Universal History Archive / UIG / Bridgeman Images; Portrait of Catherine de Medici (1519–89); Francois Clouet, Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France / Giraudon / Bridgeman Images
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