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WESTERN CIVILIZATION

VOLUME B: 1300–1815

EIGHTH EDITION

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WESTERN CIVILIZATION

VOLUME B: 1300–1815

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JACKSON J. SPIELVOGEL

The Pennsylvania State University

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Western Civilization, Eighth Edition,

Volume B: 1300–1815

Jackson J. Spielvogel

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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JACKSON J. SPIELVOGEL is associate professor emeritus of history at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation history under Harold J. Grimm. His articles and reviews have appeared in such journals as Moreana, Journal of General Education, Catholic Historical Review, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, and American Historical Review. He has also contributed chapters or articles to The Social History of the Reformation, The Holy Roman Empire: A Dictionary Handbook, the Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual of Holocaust Studies, and Utopian Studies. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation and the Foundation for Reformation Research. At Penn State, he helped inaugurate the Western civilization courses as well as a popular