AP European History

by Nina Sprouse

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This textbook explores the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped Europe from c. 1450 to the present.

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Mizzou Academy
Subjects
Social Sciences
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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 Crises of the Middle Ages
  7. 1.1: 1.1 Crusades
  8. 1.2: 1.2 The Northern Crusades and the Teutonic Knights
  9. 1.3: 1.3 Medieval Politics
  10. 1.4: 1.4 Monasticism
  11. 1.5: The Mongols
  12. 1.6: The Black Death
  13. 1.7: The Hundred Years’ War
  14. 1.8: The Babylonian Captivity and the Great Western Schism
  15. 1.9: Conclusion
  16. 2: The Renaissance
  17. 2.1: Humanism
  18. 2.2: Important Thinkers
  19. 2.3: Art and Artists
  20. 2.4: End of the Renaissance
  21. 2.5: Background
  22. 2.6: Economics
  23. 2.7: Political Setting
  24. 2.8: City-States of Northern Italy
  25. 2.9: Print
  26. 3: Gunpowder Revolution
  27. 3.1: The Ottoman Empire
  28. 3.2: War and the Gunpowder Revolution
  29. 3.3: Western Europe
  30. 3.4: The Holy Roman Empire
  31. 4: European Exploration and Conquest
  32. 4.1: Prelude to European Exploration and Conquest
  33. 4.2: Africa and India
  34. 4.3: Spain, Columbus, the Great Dying, and the Columbian Exchange
  35. 4.4: The Conquistadors
  36. 4.5: New World Wealth
  37. 5: Reforming Christianity
  38. 5.1: The Initial Catholic Church Reaction
  39. 5.2: The Inquisition and the Council of Trent
  40. 5.3: Religious Orders
  41. 5.4: Conclusion
  42. 5.5: The Context of the Reformation
  43. 5.6: Indulgences
  44. 5.7: Lutheranism
  45. 5.8: Calvinism
  46. 5.9: The English Reformation
  47. 6: Religious Wars
  48. 6.1: Prelude to Religious Wars
  49. 6.2: The Little Ice Age
  50. 6.3: The French Wars of Religion
  51. 6.4: Spain and the Netherlands
  52. 6.5: England
  53. 6.6: The Thirty Years' War
  54. 7: Absolutism
  55. 7.1: France
  56. 7.2: Louis XIV - the Sun King
  57. 7.3: Prussia
  58. 7.4: Austria
  59. 7.5: Spain
  60. 7.6: England's Civil War
  61. 7.7: England's Glorious Revolution
  62. 7.8: Introduction
  63. 7.9: Conclusion
  64. 8: Trade Empires
  65. 8.1: Prelude to Trade Empires
  66. 8.2: Overseas Expansion in the 17th and 18th Centuries
  67. 8.3: The Netherlands
  68. 8.4: 8.4 Britain and the Slave Trade
  69. 8.5: Around the Globe
  70. 9: Scientific Revolution
  71. 9.1: The Scientific Process
  72. 9.2: Astronomy
  73. 9.3: Mathematics
  74. 9.4: Medicine
  75. 9.5: Science and Society - Women
  76. 9.6: Scientific Institutions and Culture
  77. 9.7: The Philosophical Impact of Science
  78. 10: The Enlightenment
  79. 10.1: The Enlightenment Defined
  80. 10.2: Context and Causes
  81. 10.3: Enlightenment Philosophes
  82. 10.4: Politics and Society
  83. 10.5: The Radical Enlightenment
  84. 10.6: Implications of the Enlightement
  85. 11: The Society of Orders
  86. 11.1: Prelude to The Society of Orders
  87. 11.2: Social Orders Divisions
  88. 11.3: The Great Powers--First Four
  89. 11.4: Great Powers--Russia
  90. 11.5: Wars
  91. 12: The French Revolution
  92. 12.1: The Causes of the Revolution
  93. 12.2: Events of the Early Revolution
  94. 12.3: "Equality"
  95. 12.4: The Radical Phase and the Terror
  96. 13: Napoleon
  97. 13.1: The Rise of Napoleon's Empire
  98. 13.2: Military Strategy
  99. 13.3: Civil Life
  100. 13.4: The Fall of Napoleon's Empire
  101. 13.5: Russia, Elba, and Waterloo
  102. 13.6: The Aftermath
  103. 14: The Industrial Revolution
  104. 14.1: Big Changes
  105. 14.2: Geography of the Industrial Revolution
  106. 14.3: Transportation and Communication
  107. 14.4: Social Effects
  108. 14.5: Cultural Effects
  109. 15: Political Ideologies and Movements
  110. 15.1: After the Revolution
  111. 15.2: Conservatism
  112. 15.3: Ideologies
  113. 15.4: Romanticism
  114. 15.5: Nationalism
  115. 15.6: Liberalism
  116. 15.7: Socialism
  117. 15.8: Social Classes
  118. 16: The Politics of the Nineteenth Century
  119. 16.1: The Congress of Vienna
  120. 16.2: Revolts and Revolutions
  121. 16.3: The Revolutions of 1848
  122. 16.4: National Unifications---Italy
  123. 16.5: Germany
  124. 16.6: Russia
  125. 17: Culture, Science, and Pseudo-Science
  126. 17.1: Victorian Culture
  127. 17.2: Scientific and Pseudo-Scientific Discoveries and Theories
  128. 17.3: Mass Culture
  129. 17.4: Culture Struggles--Germany
  130. 17.5: First Wave Feminism
  131. 17.6: Modern Anti-Semitism
  132. 18: Imperialism
  133. 18.1: Introduction
  134. 18.2: Technology
  135. 18.3: The Second Industrial Revolution
  136. 18.4: The British Empire
  137. 18.5: Africa
  138. 18.6: Effects
  139. 18.7: The Counter-Examples – Ethiopia and Japan
  140. 19: World War I
  141. 19.1: Background to the War
  142. 19.2: The Start of the War
  143. 19.3: The Early War
  144. 19.4: The Evolution of the War
  145. 19.5: The Eastern Front and the Ottoman Empire
  146. 19.6: The Late War
  147. 19.7: The Aftermath
  148. 20: The Early Twentieth Century
  149. 20.1: Political Disappointments
  150. 20.2: Fascism in Italy
  151. 20.3: Fascism in Germany- The Nazis
  152. 20.4: Fascism- The Spanish Civil War
  153. 20.5: Russian Revolutions
  154. 20.6: Early Twentieth-Century Cultural Change
  155. 20.7: Modernism
  156. 20.8: The Great Depression
  157. 21: World War II
  158. 21.1: Conclusion
  159. 21.2: Leading up to War
  160. 21.3: The Early War
  161. 21.4: The War in the East
  162. 21.5: The Turn of the Tide
  163. 21.6: The Holocaust
  164. 22: The Soviet Union and the Cold War
  165. 22.1: Marxism-Leninism
  166. 22.2: Stalinism
  167. 22.3: World War II and the USSR
  168. 22.4: The Cold War
  169. 22.5: The USSR During the Cold War
  170. 22.6: Conclusion- What Went Wrong with the USSR
  171. 23: Postwar Conflict
  172. 23.1: Introduction
  173. 23.2: Major Cold War Conflicts
  174. 23.3: India, Israel, and Palestine
  175. 23.4: Africa
  176. 23.5: The Non-Aligned Movement and Immigration
  177. 24: Postwar Society
  178. 24.1: Second-Wave Feminism
  179. 24.2: Social Democracy
  180. 24.3: The Postwar Boom and Cultural Change
  181. 24.4: Philosophy and Art
  182. 24.5: The Youth Movement and Cultural Revolution
  183. 25: New Horizons
  184. 25.1: Introduction
  185. 25.2: Population and Climate Change
  186. 25.3: Growth in Technology
  187. 25.4: Towards the Present
  188. 25.5: Conservatism
  189. 25.6: Eastern Europe
  190. 25.7: The European Union
  191. 25.8: Globalization
  192. Back Matter
  193. Index
  194. Glossary
  195. Detailed Licensing
  196. Detailed Licensing