Success Is Never Final: Empire, War, and Faith in Early Modern Europe

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Movements, ideas, and empires that had great initial success but quickly flamed out litter the history of modern Europe. Award-winning historian Parker, who has taught early modern European history at Cambridge, Yale, and, most recently, Ohio State University, examines a few ideas and political figures whose staying powers were disappointing after a promising beginning. The series of essays collected for this book examines such diverse topics as the Spanish Empire of Phillip II, the lack of success of the Protestant church in rural Europe, and the artillery fortress and its role in European expansion. In the introduction, Parker argues that history finds its own equilibrium and that brilliant early success seldom lasts. All of Parker's contributions display a gift for taking complex historical ideas and making them comprehensible to the interested reader. As with any essay collection, some are closer to the original thesis than others, but all are brilliantly written and worth reading whether they help Parker's cause or not. One quibble is the lack of helpful maps. Recommended for academic libraries and larger public libraries. Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, IA
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