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Excerpt from Eminent Foreign Statesmen, Vol. 1
The close of the fifteenth century is the most impor tant epoch in modern history. It was one of universal change; and never was revolution more extensive or complete, than that which it produced or achieved. It left nothing untouched, from geography, the limits of which it extended by the discovery of a new conti nent, to literature, which it enriched with the precious remains of Grecian antiquity. The moral and religious mind of Europe then began to be agitated by those throes, which soon after brought forth the Reform ation. Nor did the political world less feel the general impulse and movement of the epoch. Feudality fell, and gave place gradually to the more simple system of the uncontrolled authority of kings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
