Topic 4 – From Death to Rebirth Hunt, Chapter 13 & A World Lit Only By Fire William Manchester’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The Black Death and the War Hundred Years’ Development of the Renaissance among the Italian city-states Communes and Republics Individualism, Humanism, and Secularism Social changes Renaissance in the North Renaissance art and the developing power and status of the artist Politics and the Renaissance in France, England, and Spain The New Statecraft and Machiavellian tactics Topic 5 – Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation Hunt, Chapter 14, William Manchester’s A World Lit Only By Fire Overseas exploration and conquest of the new world The explorers and their motives Colonial administration The condition of the Church (1400-1517) Martin Luther and the birth of Protestantism Political impact of ideas around Europe Luther’s Calvinism Anabaptists The English Reformation Catholic-Reformation and Counter-Reformation The Council of Trent Topic 6 - The Cataclysm of World Views: Wars of Religion and the Scientific Revolution Hunt, Chapter 15 Religious riots and civil war in France Charles V and the Global Empire Revolt of the Netherlands Philip II and the Spanish Armada Thirty War Years’ The Peace of Westphalia Germany after the Thirty War Years’ The European witch-hunt Synopsis of scientific thought up to 1500 Copernicus and the changing view of the universe From Brahe to Galileo Newton’s synthesis Causes of the Scientific Revolution Social consequences as a result of the Scientific Revolution Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order Hunt, Chapter 16 Foundations of French absolutism: Henry IV, Sully, and Richelieu The Sun King: absolutism and social structure in France Louis XIV’s mercantilism Colbert’s
Topic 4 – From Death to Rebirth Hunt, Chapter 13 & William Manchester’s A World Lit Only By Fire The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The Black Death and the Hundred Years’ War Development of the Renaissance among the Italian city-states Communes and Republics Individualism, Humanism, and Secularism Social changes Renaissance in the North Renaissance art and the developing power and status of the artist Politics and the Renaissance in France, England, and Spain The New Statecraft and Machiavellian tactics Topic 5 – Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation Hunt, Chapter 14, William Manchester’s A World Lit Only By Fire Overseas exploration and conquest of the new world The explorers and their motives Colonial administration The condition of the Church (1400-1517) Martin Luther and the birth of Protestantism Political impact of Luther’s ideas around Europe Calvinism Anabaptists The English Reformation Catholic-Reformation and Counter-Reformation The Council of Trent Topic 6 - The Cataclysm of World Views: Wars of Religion and the Scientific Revolution Hunt, Chapter 15 Religious riots and civil war in France Charles V and the Global Empire Revolt of the Netherlands Philip II and the Spanish Armada Thirty Years’ War The Peace of Westphalia Germany after the Thirty Years’ War The European witch-hunt Synopsis of scientific thought up to 1500 Copernicus and the changing view of the universe From Brahe to Galileo Newton’s synthesis Causes of the Scientific Revolution Social consequences as a result of the Scientific Revolution Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order Hunt, Chapter 16 Foundations of French absolutism: Henry IV, Sully, and Richelieu The Sun King: absolutism and social structure in Louis XIV’s France Colbert’s mercantilism
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