TY - BOOK AU - Rothrock,George A. TI - Europe: a brief history T2 - Rand McNally history series PY - 1971///] CY - Chicago PB - Rand McNally KW - Europe KW - History N1 - Includes index; Contents: 9birth of the balance of power -- Man, God, and reason -- A harvesttrial -- The birth of feudal monarchy -- Merchants, money and social change -- The apogee of medieval christianity -- Challenge and conflict in later Medieval Europe -- The Hundred Years War -- The disintegration of Medieval Europe -- The Renaissance -- Religious reaction and reform -- Hapsburg hegemony -- The Scientific Revolution -- The rise of the national state -- The birth of the balance ofpower -- Man, God, and reason -- A harvest of violence -- Restoration and reaction -- Industrialization and its consequences -- The nation deified -- The new Europe -- Competition and collapse -- The retreat of liberal democracy -- The end of European hegemony ER -