Chapter 11 - The Later Middle Ages
I. A Time of Troubles: Black Death and Social Crisis A. Famine and Population B. The Black Death C. Economic Dislocation and Social Upheaval II. War and Political Instability A. Causes of the Hundred Years' War B. Conduct and Course of the War C. Political Instability D. The Growth of England's Political Insitutions E. The Problems of the French Kings F. The German Monarchy G. The States of Italy III. The Decline of the Church A. Boniface VIII and the Conflict with the State B. The Papacy at Avignon C. The Great Schism D. New Thoughts on Church and State and the Rise of Conciliarism E. Popular Religion in an Age of Adversity F. Changes in Theology IV. The Cultural World of the Fourteenth Century A. The Development of Vernacular Literature B. Art and the Black Death V. Society in an Age of Adversity A. Changes in Urban Life B. New Directions in Medicine Chapter 12 & Chapter 13 - Renaissance-Reformation
I. The Renaissance in Italy A. The Italian Cities and the New Conception of Man 1. Florence 2. Leonardo Bruni 3. Renaissance Art, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting B. Humanism: The Birth of Literature 1. Petrarch 2. Boccaccio 3. Education and Manners C. Politics and The Italian Renaissance II. The Renaissance Outside Italy A. Religious Scholarship and Science 1. Erasmus 2. Erasmus on Education 3. Sir Thomas More III. The Reformation A. Introduction / Prelude to Reformation B. The Church of the 1500's C. Indulgences D. Martin Luther E. The Appeal of Protestantism F. The Spread of Lutheranism / Protestant Reformation G. The Case of England / Thomas More H. John Calvin and Calvinism I. The Catholic Reformation 1. The Council of Trent
Chapter 15 - State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century
I. Social Crises, War, and Rebellions A. Witchcraft Craze B. The Thirty Years War III. Rise of Absolutism in France A. Introduction B. Louis XIII & Richelieu C. Young Louis XIV & Mazarin D. The World of Louis XIV E. Versailles F. Divine-Right Monarchy G. Suppression of the Jansenists H. War Abroad I. Colbert & Mercantilism J. The War of Devolution K. Invasion of the Netherlands L. The League of Augsburg M. The War of Spanish Succession N. French Aggression in Review III. Central and Eastern Europe A. Poland B. The Habsburg Empire C. Prussia and the Hohenzollerns D. Russia and Peter the Great E. The Ottoman Empire IV. England and the Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy A. Introduction B. Background to the Civil War : Parliament & The Stuart Kings 1. James I 2. Charles I 3. Long Parliament 4. The Civil War 5. Cromwell 6. Charles II and The Restoration 7. James II 8. The Glorious Revolution - William & Mary
Chapter 16 - Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science
I. Background to the Scientific Revolution II. Toward a New Heaven: A Revolution in Astronomy A. Copernicus B. Brahe C. Kepler D. Galileo E. Newton III. Advances in Medicine and Chemistry IV. Women and the Origins of Modern Science A. Margaret Cavendish B. Maria Merian C. Maria Winkelmann D. Debates on the Nature of Women V. Philosophy Responds to Changing Science A. Nature as Mechanism B. Bacon C. Descartes D. Hobbes E. Locke F. Spinoza G. Pascal VI. The New Institutions of Expanding Natural Knowledge
Chapter 17 - The Enlightenment
I. Introduction A. Philosophes B. Voltaire C. John Locke D. Condorcet II. The Philosophes and Their Porgram for Reform A. Advance in Science 1. Carolus Linnaeus 2. Antoine Lavoisier 3. Marquis de Laplace 4. Benjamin Franklin B. French Leadership 1. Diderot 2. The Encyclopedie C. Laissez-Faire Economics 1. Francois Quesnay - Physiocrats 2. Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations D. Justice and Educations 1. Cesare Beccaria 2. Rousseau E. Attack on Religion 1. Deism 2. Francois-Marie Arouet F. Political Thought 1. Montesquieu 2. Rousseau
Chapter 19 - The French Revolution/The Age of Napoleon
I. Pre-Revolutionary Period A. Traditional Aspects of Society in The Old Regime B. New Forces Challenging The Old Regime C. International Relations II. The French Revolution - Reform of the Monarchy A. Intro. B. Tax Crisis C. The Bourgeoisie and The Making of the Third Estate D. The Popular Revolution E. The Constitution of 1791 III. The French Revolution - The First French Republic A. Intro. B. The Fall of the Constitutional Monarchy C. The Radical Republic D. The Conservative Republic IV. The Era of Napoleon A. Intro. B. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte C. Bonaparte's Reorganization of France 1799-1804 D. Napoleon's Wars E. The Continental System F. Reorganization of Europe G. The Collapse of Napoleon's Empire
Chapter 20 - The Industrial Revolution and its Impact on European Society / Revolutions of 1848
Additional Reader: "The Industrial Revolution" by Christine Vialls
I. Introduction II. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain A. Cotton, Coal, Iron B. The Uses of Power & The Development of Engineering C. Railroads and Steamboats D. New Developments in Agriculture E. Changes in the Ways of Living F. New Developments in Finance G. Intellectual Responses to the Industrial Society (Marx Read Chap. 22 Text - 686-687) III. The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution IV. The Revolutions of 1848 (Chap. 21 Text - pgs. 648-653) A. France B. Germany C. Italy D. Austria-Hungary
Chapter 22 - An Age of Nationalism & Realism
I. The France of Napoleon III a. Louis Napoleon b. The Second Napoleonic Empire II. The Crimean War a. Origins of War b. The Course of the War c. The Peace of Paris - 1856 III. Italian Unification a. Italy in the 1840's b. The Growth of National Feeling c. Mazzini: Patriot & Revolutionist d. Gioberti & Pope Pius IX e. The Revolutions of 1848 in Italy f. Garibaldi g. The Establishment of the Kingdom of Italy h. The Unification of Northern Italy i. Plombieres Meeting j. The War with Austria, 1859 k. The Union of the Italian Duchies l. Garibaldi and Southern Italy m. Final Unification IV. The Making of the German Empire a. The Germans in 1862 b. The Austro-Prussian Conflict c. The German Civil War, 1866 d. Constitutional Reorganization of the German Lands e. The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 f. Bismarck's North German Confederation g. The German-French Conflict h. Diplomatic Duel : Napoleon III vs. Bismarck i. The Franco Prussian War, 1870-71
Chapter 25 - World War I
I. Introduction II. The Alliances, 1907 & After III. Changes in the Triple Entente IV. Changes in the Triple Alliance U. Relations between Germany and Great Britain VI. International Crises A. Bosnian Crisis - 1908 B. Agadir Crisis - 1911 C. Balkan Wars - 1912-13 VII. The Outbreak of War VIII. The Austrian Attack of Serbia IX. The Involvement of Other Powers X. Armed Conflict XI. The Pattern of Warfare 1914-1917 A. The War in the West B. The War in the East XII. The Search for Allies XIII. The War on the Sea XIV. The Collapse of the Central Powers 1917-1918 XV. Europe in Early 1919 XVI. Victor & Vanquished at the end of the War XVII. Preparations for Peacemaking A. The Treaty of Versailles B. Treatment of Eastern Europe C. Treatment of the Middle East XIX. Results of WWI A. Social B. Economic C. Political
Chapter 26-27 - Europe Between the Wars / World War II
I. Introduction II. The Depression - 1929 and After III. The Fascist Dictatorships IV. The Crises of the 1930's U. The Outbreak of War VI. The Triumphs of the Axis Powers 1939-1940 VII. Indecisive Years: Autumn 1940-Autumn 1942 VIII. The Turning of the Tide - Summer 1942 IX. Final Allied Victory X. Peace Treaty XI. Results of WWII A. Social B. Economic C. Political
Chapter 28 - Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965
I. Introduction II. Development of the Cold War III. Europe and the World: Decolonization IV. Recovery and Renewal in Europe V. The United States and Canada: A New Era VI. Postwar Society and Culture in the Western World