Western Civilization - A Concise History II

by Christopher Brooks

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Volume II addresses the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. This text covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment.

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Portland Community College
Subjects
Humanities, History
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: The Crusades and the High Middle Ages
  7. 1.1: The Crusades
  8. 1.2: The First Four Crusades
  9. 1.3: Consequences of the Crusades
  10. 1.4: The Northern Crusades and the Teutonic Knights
  11. 1.5: The Emergence of the High Middle Ages
  12. 1.6: The Medieval Agricultural Revolution
  13. 1.7: Cities and Economic Change
  14. 1.8: Medieval Politics
  15. 1.9: Monasticism
  16. 1.10: Corruption
  17. 1.11: Medieval Learning
  18. 1.12: Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages
  19. 1.13: Scholasticism
  20. 1.14: Conclusion
  21. 2: The Crises of the Middle Ages
  22. 2.1: The Mongols
  23. 2.2: The Mongols in Eastern Europe
  24. 2.3: The Black Death
  25. 2.4: Effects of the Plague's Aftermath
  26. 2.5: The Hundred Years’ War
  27. 2.6: The Babylonian Captivity and the Great Western Schism
  28. 2.7: Conclusion
  29. 3: The Renaissance - Political and Social Setting
  30. 3.1: Background
  31. 3.2: Economics
  32. 3.3: Political Setting
  33. 3.4: The Great City-States of the Renaissance
  34. 3.5: Venice
  35. 3.6: Florence and Rome
  36. 3.7: Print
  37. 3.8: Conclusion - Patronage
  38. 4: The Renaissance - Art and Learning
  39. 4.1: Humanism
  40. 4.2: Important Thinkers
  41. 4.3: Art and Artists
  42. 4.4: Conclusion
  43. 5: Politics in the Renaissance Era
  44. 5.1: The End of the Italian Renaissance
  45. 5.2: Politics - The Emergence of Strong States
  46. 5.3: War and the Gunpowder Revolution
  47. 5.4: The Resulting Financial Revolution
  48. 5.5: Spain
  49. 5.6: England
  50. 5.7: France
  51. 5.8: The Holy Roman Empire
  52. 5.9: The Ottoman Empire
  53. 5.10: Conclusion
  54. 6: European Exploration and Conquest
  55. 6.1: Prelude to European Exploration and Conquest
  56. 6.2: Africa and India
  57. 6.3: Spain, Columbus, the Great Dying, and the Columbian Exchange
  58. 6.4: The Conquistadors
  59. 6.5: New World Wealth
  60. 6.6: Conclusion
  61. 7: The Protestant Reformation
  62. 7.1: The Context of the Reformation
  63. 7.2: Indulgences
  64. 7.3: Lutheranism
  65. 7.4: Calvinism
  66. 7.5: The English Reformation
  67. 7.6: The Effects of the Reformation
  68. 8: The Catholic Reformation
  69. 8.1: The Initial Reaction
  70. 8.2: The Inquisition and the Council of Trent
  71. 8.3: The Jesuits
  72. 8.4: Effects of the Catholic Reformation
  73. 8.5: Conclusion
  74. 9: Religious Wars
  75. 9.1: Prelude to Religious Wars
  76. 9.2: The Little Ice Age
  77. 9.3: The French Wars of Religion
  78. 9.4: Spain and the Netherlands
  79. 9.5: England
  80. 9.6: The Thirty Years' War
  81. 9.7: Conclusion
  82. 10: Absolutism
  83. 10.1: France
  84. 10.2: Louis XIV - the Sun King
  85. 10.3: Elsewhere in Europe
  86. 10.4: Prussia
  87. 10.5: Austria
  88. 10.6: Spain
  89. 10.7: The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution
  90. 10.8: The Stuarts and the English Civil War
  91. 10.9: The Glorious Revolution
  92. 10.10: Great Britain After the Glorious Revolution
  93. 10.11: The Overall Effects of Absolutism
  94. 10.12: Conclusion
  95. 11: Trade Empires and Early Capitalism
  96. 11.1: Prelude to Trade Empires and Early Capitalism
  97. 11.2: Early Capitalism
  98. 11.3: Overseas Expansion in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  99. 11.4: The Netherlands
  100. 11.5: Britain and the Slave Trade
  101. 11.6: Around the Globe
  102. 11.7: Conclusion
  103. 12: Scientific Revolution
  104. 12.1: The Scientific Process, Mentality, and Method
  105. 12.2: Astronomy
  106. 12.3: Isaac Newton
  107. 12.4: Medicine
  108. 12.5: Science and Society - Women
  109. 12.6: Scientific Institutions and Culture
  110. 12.7: The Philosophical Impact of Science
  111. 12.8: Conclusion
  112. 13: The Enlightenment
  113. 13.1: The Enlightenment- Definitions
  114. 13.2: Context and Causes
  115. 13.3: Enlightenment Philosophes
  116. 13.4: Politics and Society
  117. 13.5: The Radical Enlightenment and the Underground
  118. 13.6: Implications of the Enlightement
  119. 14: The Society of Orders
  120. 14.1: Prelude to The Society of Orders
  121. 14.2: Social Orders Divisions - The Nobility
  122. 14.3: The Common People
  123. 14.4: The Great Powers
  124. 14.5: Russia
  125. 14.6: Wars
  126. 14.7: Conclusion
  127. 15: The French Revolution
  128. 15.1: The Causes of the Revolution
  129. 15.2: Events of the Early Revolution
  130. 15.3: "Equality"
  131. 15.4: The Radical Phase and the Terror
  132. 15.5: Conclusion
  133. Back Matter
  134. Index
  135. Index
  136. Glossary
  137. Detailed Licensing