European_History

European History The current, editable version of this book is available in Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection, at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/European_History Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License.” Contents Contents………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Preface - A Background of European History…………………………………………………………………… 25 Painting…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25 Literature………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) ………………………………………………………………………………… 26 Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) …………………………………………………………………………….. 27 The Hundred Years War…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27 The Rise of Towns and Commerce………………………………………………………………………………. 28 Growth of National Monarchies…………………………………………………………………………………… 28 The Black......