Renaissance and Reformation: A Survey of European History between 1450 and 1660The first edition of Renaissance and Reformation ran into over 50,000 copies, and has become a standard work for students in universities and sixth forms. It has now been revised and enlarged. More detailed treatment is given of the Ottoman Empire, and a new chapter called Russia and Eastern Europe describes the decline of Poland and the rising importance of Russia in the century which elapsed from 1462 to the death of Ivan IV in 1584. Published 1967.