PERIODS OF EUROPEAN HISTORYPERIOD V., 1598–1715.
In Eight Volumes. Crown 8vo. With Maps.
PERIODS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY
General Editor—ARTHUR HASSALL, M.A.,
Student of Christ Church, Oxford.
The object of this series is to present in separate Volumes acomprehensive and trustworthy account of the general developmentof European History, and to deal fully and carefully with the moreprominent events in each century.
The Volumes will embody the results of the latest investigations, andwill contain references to and notes upon original and other sources ofinformation.
It is believed that no such attempt to place the History of Europe ina comprehensive, detailed, and readable form before the English Publichas yet been made, and it is hoped that the Series will form a valuablecontinuous History of Mediæval and Modern Europe.
Period I.—The Dark Ages. A.D. 476–918. By C. W.C. Oman, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 7s.6d.
Period II.—The Empire and the Papacy. A.D. 918–1272.By T. F. Tout, M.A., Professor of History at VictoriaUniversity, Manchester.
Period III.—The Close of the Middle Ages. A.D.1272–1494. By R. Lodge, M.A., Professor of History at theUniversity of Glasgow.
Period IV.—Europe in the 16th Century. A.D.1494–1598. By A. H. Johnson, M.A., Historical Lecturer toMerton, Trinity, and University Colleges, Oxford. 7s. 6d.
Period V.—The Ascendancy of France. A.D. 1598–1715.By H. O. Wakeman, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College, andTutor of Keble College, Oxford. 6s.
Period VI.—The Balance of Power. A.D. 1715–1789. ByA. Hassall, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. 6s.
Period VII.—Revolutionary Europe. A.D. 1789–1815.By H. Morse Stephens, M.A., Professor of History at CornellUniversity, Ithaca, U.S.A. 6s.
Period VIII.—Modern Europe. A.D. 1815–1878. By G.W. Prothero, Litt. D., Professor of History at the University ofEdinburgh.
1598–1715
BY
HENRY OFFLEY WAKEMAN, M.A.
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE
TUTOR OF KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD
AUTHOR OF ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND’
PERIOD V
SECOND EDITION
London
RIVINGTON, PERCIVAL AND CO.
1897
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I have not attempted in the following pages to write the history ofEurope in the seventeenth century in detail. The chronicle of eventscan be found without difficulty in many othe