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Absence of Unifying Elements. The attempt to bridge the period between the Hundred Years' War and the Renaissance and Reformation is attended with a great many real difficulties, which are aggravated rather than lightened by the usual arrangement of material to be found in the text book. ABSENCE OF UNIFYING ELEMENTS THE ATTEMPT TO BRIDGE THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR AND THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION IS ATTENDED WITH A GREAT MANY REAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH ARE AGGRAVATED RATHER THAN LIGHTENED BY THE USUAL ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIAL TO BE FOUND IN THE TEXT BOOK
ere can be presented in a sharp contrast to those discussed earlier in connection with feudalism. The Thirteenth Century as a Turning Point. It has been suggested that 1268 be selected as a turning point in the history of Europe, marking as it does the practical disappearance for the time being of the empire as a factor in politics, the beginning of the decline of the papacy, and the rise of the third estate, which is illustrated in England by the growth of the House of Commons and in Germany and Italy by the two great city leagues and the power of Venice, Florence and Genoa. If this suggestion is followed, the Hundred Years’ War and the history of the papacy in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries may serve to introduce the Renaissance if a discussion of the latter is preceded or followed by a general summary of the political situation in Europe at the opening of the sixteenth century, with special reference to those powers, both new and old, which are to dominate in the new period. ERE CAN BE PRESENTED IN A SHARP CONTRAST TO THOSE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN CONNECTION WITH FEUDALISM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY AS A TURNING POINT IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT TWELVE SIXTY EIGHT BE SELECTED AS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF EUROPE MARKING AS IT DOES THE PRACTICAL DISAPPEARANCE FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE EMPIRE AS A FACTOR IN POLITICS THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE OF THE PAPACY AND THE RISE OF THE THIRD ESTATE WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED IN ENGLAND BY THE GROWTH OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND IN GERMANY AND ITALY BY THE TWO GREAT CITY LEAGUES AND THE POWER OF VENICE FLORENCE AND GENOA IF THIS SUGGESTION IS FOLLOWED THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR AND THE HISTORY OF THE PAPACY IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES MAY SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE RENAISSANCE IF A DISCUSSION OF THE LATTER IS PRECEDED OR FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN EUROPE AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE POWERS BOTH NEW AND OLD WHICH ARE TO DOMINATE IN THE NEW PERIOD
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