Test Bank Medieval to Modern Early Modern Europe 1st Edition by Mark Konnert
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Test Bank Medieval to Modern Early Modern Europe 1st Edition by Mark Konnert
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Test Bank Medieval to Modern Early Modern Europe 1st Edition by Mark Konnert
A comprehensive introduction to European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the end of the eighteenth century, this text combines compelling narrative accounts with thoughtful analyses of historical developments and events.
ISBN-10 : 0199018480
ISBN-13 : 978-0199018482
Mark Konnert (Author)
Table Of Contents
Medieval to Modern: Early Modern Europe
Contents
List of Maps, Figures, and Illustrations
Illustrations
Preface
Timeline
Introduction Europe at the End of the Middle Ages
Christendom
Christianity and the Church
Politics: Feudalism and Feudal Monarchy
Feudalism
The Enduring Imperial Ideal
Feudal Monarchy
The Disorder of the Later Middle Ages
Culture and Intellectual Life
The Printing Press
Conclusion
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 1: Continuities in Society and Economy
Population and Demography
Birth, Marriage, and Death
Family Formation
Mortality
Society and Social Relations
Nobles
The Middle Classes or Bourgeoisie
Urban Workers: Skilled and Unskilled
Peasants
On the Margins
Unrest, Revolt, and Rebellion
The Roles and Status of Women
Witch Hunts
Economic Life
Agriculture
Industry
Trade and Commerce
The Price Revolution
Mercantilism
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblink
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 2: Europe in the Age of the Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
Social and Political Context
Renaissance Humanism
Humanist Profiles
Renaissance Art
Politics and Governance in the Renaissance
The Italian States of the Renaissance
The Feudal Monarchies
The French Invasion and the Italian Wars
The Later Renaissance
Literary Responses
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblink
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 3: The Reformations
Traditional Christianity and Its Challenges
The Institutional Church and Anticlericalism
“Christian” Humanism
Martin Luther (1483–1546)
The Appeal and Spread of Luther’s Revolt
Violence and Disorder
Other Visions of Reform
Ulrich Zwingli and Switzerland
Radical Voices
John Calvin
The Reformation in England
The Catholic Counter-Reformation
Pre-Reformation and Catholic Reform
Paul III and the Council of Trent
The Inquisition and Index
The Society of Jesus
Impact of the Reformations
Religion and the People
Religious Violence and Peaceful Coexistence
Women and the Reformations
The State and the Reformations
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 4: The Age of Religious War
Changes in Warfare
Habsburg–Valois Wars to 1559
The French Wars of Religion, 1559–1598
Religious Crisis: The Growth of Calvinism
Political Crisis
Civil War
The Catholic League and Dynastic Crisis
The Edict of Nantes
Spain and the Netherlands
Philip II, the Spanish Kingdoms, and the Seventeen Provinces
Dutch Revolt, Repression, Independence
England under Elizabeth I
The Religious Settlement
Diplomacy and Warfare: Scotland, Spain, and the Spanish Armada
Politics, Parliament, and Puritans
The Thirty Years War
Religious Conflict in Germany to 1555
The Origins of the Thirty Years War
The Bohemian Crisis and the German War to 1630
The Edict of Restitution and the European War to 1648
The Peace of Westphalia, 1648
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 5: “Discovering” New Worlds
Europe “Discovers” the World
“Seeking Christians and Spices”
Early Voyages
Consequences: Global Networks
The Columbian Exchange
Empire and Trade, Settlement and Conquest
Sugar and Slavery
New Peoples
Religion
Summary
Discovering the World of Nature
The Revolution in Astronomy and Physics
Impact of the New Science
Medicine and Chemistry
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 6: Absolute and Limited Monarchies in the Seventeenth Century
France, 1589–1715: Royal Absolutism
Henry IV and Recovery, 1598–1610
Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, 1610–1643
Louis XIV, the Regency, and the Fronde
Louis XIV and the Zenith of Royal Absolutism
England: The Evolution of Limited Monarchy
James I and the Preservation of the Status Quo
Charles I, Rebellion, Civil War, and Revolution
The Interregnum, the Search for Stability, and the Restoration
From Restoration to Oligarchy
Spain in the Seventeenth Century
The Dutch Republic
Northern and Eastern Europe
The Baltic World
Poland
Central and Eastern Europe
Brandenburg–Prussia
The Habsburg Monarchy
Russia
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 7: Diplomacy and Warfare in the Age of Absolutism
The Wars of Louis XIV in Western Europe
The War of Devolution, 1667–1668
The Dutch War, 1672–1678
The War of the League of Augsburg, 1689–1698
The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1713
Habsburgs and Ottomans
Russia, Sweden, and the Great Northern War
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Further Reading
Note
Chapter 8: Economy and Society Transformed: The Eighteenth Century
Breaking the Demographic Mould
An Agricultural Revolution
Industry
Commerce and Finance
Orders and Classes
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 9: Culture and Religion in the Age of the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment
The Early Enlightenment: Voltaire and Montesquieu
Diderot and the Encyclopédie
Enlightened Themes
Reaction and Rousseau
Science in the Enlightenment
Churches and Religion in the Eighteenth Century
Education, Literacy, and Literature
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 10: The Eighteenth-Century State System
Enlightened Despotism
Brandenburg–Prussia
The Habsburg Monarchy
Russia
France
Great Britain
The Dutch Republic
Diplomacy and War in the Eighteenth Century
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 11: Europe in the World, 1650–1800
Colonial Empires in the New World
Trading Empires in Asia
The New Age of Exploration
Race, Slavery, and Empire
Empire, Industry, and the Beginnings of European Global Domination
Chapter Conclusion
Questions for Critical Thought
Weblinks
Further Reading
Notes
Epilogue
Index