
West, The: Encounters & Transformations, Volume II (Chapters 14-29)
by Levack, Brian P.; Muir, Edward; Maas, Michael; Veldman, MeredithRent Textbook
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Table of Contents
ldquo;What is the West?rdquo; | |
Shifting Borders of the West | |
Asking the Right Questions | |
The Age of Confessional Division, 1550-1618 | |
The Peoples of Early Modern Europe | |
Disciplining the People | |
The Confessional States | |
States and Confessions in Eastern Europe | |
Conclusion: The Divisions of the West | |
Justice in History: The Spanish Auto da Fe: The Power of Penance | |
Places of Encounter: Catholic and Protestant Churches | |
Absolutism and State-Building in Europe, 1618-1715 | |
The Nature of Absolutism | |
The Absolutist State in France and Spain | |
Absolutism and State Building in Central and Eastern Europe | |
Resistance to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic | |
Conclusion: The Western State in the Age of Absolutism | |
Justice in History: The Trial of Charles I | |
Science and Culture in the Seventeenth Century | |
Diversity and Achievements of the Scientific Revolution | |
The Search for Scientific Knowledge | |
The Causes of the Scientific Revolution | |
The Intellectual Effects of the Scientific Revolution | |
Humans and the Natural World | |
Conclusion: Science and Western Culture | |
Justice in History: The Trial of Galileo | |
The Human Body in History: Dissecting the Human Corpse | |
Eighteenth-Century Society and Culture | |
The Aristocracy | |
Challenges to Aristocratic Dominance | |
The Enlightenment | |
The Impact of the Enlightenment | |
Conclusion: Change in the Eighteenth Century | |
Justice in History: A Case of Infanticide in the Age of the Enlightenment | |
Places of Encounter: The Salon: Bringing Women and Men Together | |
The Age of the French Revolution, 1789-1815 | |
The First French Revolution 1789-1791 | |
The French Republic, 1792-1799 | |
Cultural Change in France During the Revolution | |
The Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 | |
The Legacy of the French Revolution | |
Conclusion: The French Revolution and the West | |
Justice in History: The Trial of Louis XVI | |
The West and the World: Empire, Trade and War in the Eighteenth Century | |
European Empires in Americas and Asia | |
Warfare in Europe, North America, and Asia | |
The Atlantic World | |
Encounter | |
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