instructors in history at Columbia have been of marked service--Dr.
Austin P. Evans, Mr. D. R. Fox, and Mr. Parker T. Moon. The last named
devoted the chief part of two summers to the task of preparing notes
for several chapters of the book and he has attended the author on the
long dreary road of proof reading.




CONTENTS

VOLUME I

PART I

FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN EUROPE


CHAPTER I. THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY
The New National Monarchies
The Old Holy Roman Empire
The City-States
Northern and Eastern Europe in the year 1500

CHAPTER II. THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
Agriculture in the Sixteenth Century
Towns on the Eve of the Commercial Revolution
Trade Prior to the Commercial Revolution
The Age of Exploration