Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660


Read by Pamela Nagami

(4.5 stars; 11 reviews)

In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savonarola, the universal spider, Louis XI, Henry IV, France's best-beloved king, Sweden’s wise and courageous Queen Christina, and great generals, like Albrecht von Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus. The twin ideals of imperial unity and of one true church led to two centuries of unremitting warfare from the fertile plains of Italy, through the alpine passes, across France, the Netherlands, the German states, to Poland and Bohemia. In the end Spain has begun her decline, Italy and the Holy Roman Empire are in fragments, and France, thanks to the incomparable statesmanship of Richelieu, is the ascendant power. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
(8 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Introduction 6:24 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1: The Empire in the Fifteenth Century, Pt. 1 12:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1: The Empire in the Fifteenth Century, Pt. 2 16:49 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2: France under Louis XI and Charles VIII, Pt. 1 16:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2: France under Louis XI and Charles VIII, Pt. 2 14:38 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3: Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella and Charles I 21:19 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: The Italian States in the Fifteenth Century, Pt. 1 20:50 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: The Italian States in the Fifteenth Century, Pt. 2 23:35 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: The Italian States in the Fifteenth Century, Pt. 3 17:26 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: The Italian Wars to 1518, Pt. 1 19:35 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: The Italian Wars to 1518, Pt. 2 21:26 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: The Italian Wars to 1518, Pt. 3 20:33 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6: The Rivalry of Charles V and Francis I 24:09 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7: The Reformation, Pt. 1 23:06 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7: The Reformation, Pt. 2 23:12 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: The Counter Reformation, Pt. 1 19:45 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: The Counter Reformation, Pt. 2 20:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: The Revolt of the Netherlands, Pt. 1 17:53 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: The Revolt of the Netherlands, Pt. 2 19:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: The Revolt of the Netherlands, Pt. 3 18:34 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: The French Reformation, Pt. 1 20:20 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: The French Reformation, Pt. 2 20:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: The French Reformation, Pt. 3 19:34 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 11: The Ascendancy of France, Pt. 1 20:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 11: The Ascendancy of France, Pt. 2 18:11 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 12: The Thirty Years' War, Pt. 1 19:12 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 12: The Thirty Years' War, Pt. 2 19:33 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 12: The Thirty Years' War, Pt. 3 19:02 Read by Pamela Nagami

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(4 stars)

Pamela Nagami is a great reader, clear and articulate.