CONTENTS [Proofer's Note: Original page numbers included in CONTENTS for reference purposes.]
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES…XV
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION…XXVII
AUTHOR'S PREFACE…XXI
I. THE EAST AND THE WEST (1200-1500)…3
II. ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL TRADE-ROUTES (1200-1500)…22
III. ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS To EXPLORATION(1200-1500)…41
IV. PIONEER WORK OF PORTUGAL(1400-1527)…60
V. SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE AGE OF COLUMBUS (1474-1525)…79
VI. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE (1400-1650)…104
VII. THE SYSTEM OF CHARTERED COMMERCIAL COMPANIES (1550-1700)…123
VIII. TYPICAL AMERICAN COLONIZING COMPANIES (1600-1628)…147
IX. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ON THE CONTINENT (1500-1625)…168
X. RELIGIOUS WARS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY (1520-1648)…179
XI. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND THE CATHOLICS (1534-1660)…200
XII. THE ENGLISH PURITANS AND THE SECTS (1550-1689)…210
XIII. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF ENGLAND (1500-1689)…240
XIV. THE ENGLISH COUNTY AND ITS OFFICERS (1600-1650)…261
XV. ENGLISH JUSTICES OP THE PEACE (1600-1650)…274
XVI. ENGLISH PARISH OR TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT (1600-1650)…290
XVII. CRITICAL ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES…316
INDEX…333