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Western Civilization_ Volume B_ 1300 to 1815 - Jackson J. Spielvogel [2]

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13 REFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS WARFARE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Prelude to Reformation

Christian or Northern Renaissance Humanism

Church and Religion on the Eve of the Reformation

Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany

The Early Luther

FILM & HISTORY

LUTHER (2003)

The Rise of Lutheranism

Organizing the Church

Germany and the Reformation: Religion and Politics

The Spread of the Protestant Reformation

Lutheranism in Scandinavia

The Zwinglian Reformation

The Radical Reformation: The Anabaptists

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A REFORMATION DEBATE: CONFLICT AT MARBURG

The Reformation in England

John Calvin and Calvinism

The Social Impact of the Protestant Reformation

The Family

Education in the Reformation

Religious Practices and Popular Culture

The Catholic Reformation

Revival of the Old

The Society of Jesus

A Revived Papacy

The Council of Trent

Politics and the Wars of Religion in the Sixteenth Century

The French Wars of Religion (1562–1598)

Philip II and Militant Catholicism

Revolt of the Netherlands

The England of Elizabeth

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ELIZABETH (1998)

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14 EUROPE AND THE WORLD: NEW ENCOUNTERS, 1500–1800

On the Brink of a New World

The Motives for Expansion

The Means for Expansion

New Horizons: The Portuguese and Spanish Empires

The Development of a Portuguese Maritime Empire

IMAGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE

SPICES AND WORLD TRADE

Voyages to the New World

The Spanish Empire in the New World

New Rivals on the World Stage

Africa: The Slave Trade

The West in Southeast Asia

The French and British in India

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

WEST MEETS EAST: AN EXCHANGE OF ROYAL LETTERS

China

Japan

The Americas

The Impact of European Expansion

The Conquered

FILM & HISTORY

THE MISSION (1986)

The Conquerors

Toward a World Economy

Economic Conditions in the Sixteenth Century

The Growth of Commercial Capitalism

Mercantilism

Overseas Trade and Colonies: Movement Toward Globalization

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15 STATE BUILDING AND THE SEARCH FOR ORDER IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Social Crises, War, and Rebellions

The Witchcraft Craze

The Thirty Years’ War

A Military Revolution?

Rebellions

The Practice of Absolutism: Western Europe

Absolute Monarchy in France

The Reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715)

The Decline of Spain

Absolutism in Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe

The German States

Italy: From Spanish to Austrian Rule

Russia: From Fledgling Principality to Major Power

The Great Northern States

The Ottoman Empire

The Limits of Absolutism

Limited Monarchy and Republics

The Weakness of the Polish Monarchy

The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic

England and the Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy

IMAGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE

DUTCH DOMESTICITY

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OLIVER CROMWELL: THREE PERSPECTIVES

The Flourishing of European Culture

The Changing Faces of Art

A Wondrous Age of Theater

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16 TOWARD A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH: THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SCIENCE

Background to the Scientific Revolution

Ancient Authors and Renaissance Artists

Technological Innovations and Mathematics

Renaissance Magic

Toward a New Heaven: A Revolution in Astronomy

Copernicus

Brahe

Kepler

Galileo

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A NEW HEAVEN? FAITH VERSUS REASON

Newton

Advances in Medicine and Chemistry

Paracelsus

Vesalius

William Harvey

Chemistry

Women in the Origins of Modern Science

Margaret Cavendish

Maria Merian

Maria Winkelmann

Debates on the Nature of Women

Toward a New Earth: Descartes, Rationalism, and a New View of Humankind

The Scientific Method and the Spread of Scientific Knowledge

The Scientific Method

The Spread of Scientific Knowledge

Science and Religion

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17 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: AN AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

The Enlightenment

The Paths to Enlightenment

The Philosophes and Their Ideas

The Social

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