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Chapter 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century
What Were the Middle Ages?
Seeds of Change for the Renaissance
Understanding the DBQ: Working Through the
“Black Death” DBQ
Spielvogel, 304-318
Spielvogel, 322-333
Read document packet for the
1995 Plague DBQ
Chapter 12: Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance
Why Italy?: Italian Statehood and Diplomacy
Why Italy?: Italian Intellectual Thought
Challenging Burckhardt: Was It a
“Renaissance”?
The Mastery of Renaissance Art and Music
The Spread of the Renaissance: European
Statehood and The New Monarchies
Spielvogel, 344-349 and Machiavelli
on 350
Spielvogel, 349-355 (Petrarch, Pico,
and Cereta)
Spielvogel, 337-344
Spielvogel, 355-362
Spielvogel, 362-368
Chapter 13: Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century
Roots of the Reformation: The Renaissance
Church and the Growth of Humanism
Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany
The “Others”: Reformers After Luther
Social Impact of the Reformation and the
Catholic Reformation
Wars of Religion: France and the Holy Roman
Empire
Reformation Roundtable: Was the Reformation
Political, Economic or Social?
Spielvogel, 368-369; 373-377
(Erasmus)
Spielvogel, 377-385
Spielvogel, 386-392 (Marburg
Colloquy)
Spielvogel, 392-399 and Luther
on 382
Spielvogel, 399-406 (Queen
Elizabeth I)
Research and preparation for
Reformation Roundtable
Chapter 14: Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800
First to Conquest: The Portuguese and the
Spanish
Here, There and Everywhere: The Expanse of
European Expansion
Who Are They?: The Social Impact of European
Exploration
Spielvogel, 410-421
(Columbus and Cortés)
Spielvogel, 421-433 (King of
Tonkin and Louis XIV)
Spielvogel, 433-438
The Economic Impact of Exploration:
Commercial Revolution
Spielvogel, 438-440
Chapter 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century
How It Begins: Social Crisis, War and Rebellion
Absolutism: The Intellectual Theory
Absolutism: The Political Practice
Absolutism in Central, Eastern and Northern
Europe
Ahead of Their Time?: Limited Monarchy in
Poland and the Dutch Republic
The English Revolution
Mannerism and Baroque: End of the
Renaissance?
Spielvogel, 443-451
Spielvogel, 451-452; Bishop
Bossuet’s “Politics Drawn from
the Very Words of Holy
Scripture”
Spielvogel, 452-459 (Saint
Simon)
Spielvogel, 459-467 (Peter)
Spielvogel, 467-468
Spielvogel, 468-475 (Bill of
Rights)
Spielvogel, 475-480
Chapter 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the
Emergence of Modern Science
Where Is Earth?: The Development of Astronomy
Where Is Earth?: The Development of Astronomy
(Continued)
Advances in Chemistry and Medicine
The Rational Method v. The Scientific Method
Spielvogel, 483-489
Spielvogel, 489-495
Spielvogel, 495-500
Spielvogel, 500-506
(Descartes) and Francis Bacon’s
“Attack on Authority and
Advocacy of Experimental
Science”
Chapter 17: The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment
Foundations of the Enlightenment
The Philosophes: Who Were They and What Did
They Believe?
Spielvogel, 509-512
Spielvogel, 512-522
(Montesquieu; Voltaire;
Rousseau)
Society in the Enlightenment: Esse Quam Videri? Spielvogel, 522-531
Religious Theory: The Challenge of Deism
Spielvogel, 532-535; and
Pascal on 506, Voltaire on 516
and Diderot on 518
Chapter 18: The Eighteenth Century: European States; International Wars; and Social
Change
Absolutism: The Late Arrivals of Prussia,
Austria and Russia
Enlightened Absolutism: The Second Stage in
France and England
War and Diplomacy in the 18th Century: The
War of Austrian Succession and The Seven Years’
War
Economic Expansion and Social Change: The
Agricultural Revolution
More of the Same: The Social Order of the 18th
Century
Spielvogel, 543-550
(Catherine; Frederick)
Spielvogel, 539-543
Spielvogel, 550-554 (Clive)
Spielvogel, 554-561 (Workers’
Petition)
Spielvogel, 561-567
Chapter 19: A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon
Trans-Atlantic Impact: The American Revolution
New Ideas: The Moderate Stage of the French
Revolution
Action and Reaction: The Radical and
Conservative Stages of the French Revolution
The Age of Napoleon
The Age of Napoleon: Partie Deux
Spielvogel, 571-577
Spielvogel, 577-584
(Declaration of the Rights of
Man; Declaration of the Rights
of Women)
Spielvogel, 584-593
(Robespierre)
Spielvogel, 593-597
Spielvogel, 597-600
Chapter 20: The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society
The Beginning of It All: Industrialization in
Great Britain
Continental Lapse: The Spread of
Industrialization to Continental Europe
The Realities of Industrialization: Impact on the
Unindustrialized World and the Workers
Calls for Reform: How Governments Respond to
Changing Social and Economic Conditions of
Workers
The Art of the Pitch: Presentation of Business
Plans
Spielvogel, 605-613
Spielvogel, 613-618
Spielvogel, 618-625
Spielvogel, 625-630 (Chartists)
Preparation of business plans
Chapter 21: Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850
The Rise of Conservativism: Is the Enlightenment Spielvogel, 633-641
Dead?
(Metternich)
The Fall of Reason: The Art and Literature of the Spielvogel, 657-662
Romantics
The Calls for Change: The ISMs
The Revolution of Ideology: 1830
The Revolutions of Practicality: 1848
Spielvogel, 641-646
Spielvogel, 646-648
Spielvogel, 648-657 (Schurz)
Chapter 22: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871
Restoration: The France of Napoleon III
The Practice of Nationalism: Unification of Italy
and Germany
Moral Principle or Practical Diversion: The
History of 19th Century Political and Social
Reform
Industrialization and the Marxist Response
Science and Culture: The Rise of Realism
Spielvogel, 666-669
Spielvogel, 670-678
Spielvogel, pgs 678-684
(Alexander II)
Spielvogel, 685-687; and Marx
on 688
Spielvogel, 687-696
Chapter 23: The Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894
The Growth of Industrial Prosperity: How to
Keep the Ball Rolling
The Structure of a Mass Society: Was Marx Still
Necessary?
Life at the End of the 19th Century: The Practical
Application of Socialism, Liberalism and
Nationalism
The National State: How Workers Use Their
New Power
Finding Consumers: Advertising
Spielvogel, 699-708
Spielvogel, 708-715
Spielvogel, 715-722 (Sandford
and Ibsen)
Spielvogel, 722-728
(Bismarck)
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Chapter 24: An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914
Intellectual Developments: Toward an
Independent Consciousness
Decorating Your Dorm Room: Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism
Extending Liberalism: The Trouble of the
“Subordinates”
The Sun Never Sets: The Continued Scramble
for Colonies Around the World
Imperialism’s Responses and Revolts: The
Coming of War
Spielvogel, 731-737 (Freud)
Spielvogel, 737-742
Spielvogel, 742-750
Spielvogel, 752-761
Spielvogel, 761-765
Chapter 25: The Beginning of the Twentieth Century Crisis: War and Revolution
The Road to the Great War: Causes and Failures
The Rules of Engagement: War Changed But Not
Refined
The Changing Face of War: Impact on the
Homefront
Soldiers and Peasants: The Russian Revolution
The End of the Great War: Diplomacy or
Revenge?
Spielvogel, 769-773
Spielvogel, 773-783
Spielvogel, 783-788
Spielvogel, 789-795 (Soldier
and Peasant)
Spielvogel, 795-799 (Wilson
and Clemenceau)
Chapter 26: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939
Finding a Way to Get Along: Political
Diplomacy After World War I and the Economic
Impact of the Great Depression
Iron Duce: Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism
The Fürher: Hitler and the Rise of the Nazis
From Theory to Practice: Communism in the
Soviet Union
The Critique of Nonsense: Culture in the 1920s
and 1930s
Spielvogel, 804-812
Spielvogel, 812-816
(Mussolini)
Spielvogel, 816-823
Spielvogel, 823-828 (Belov)
Spielvogel, 828-836
Chapter 27: The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II
The Road to War: The Pursuit of Lebensraum
The Course of the War: A Day with Military
History
The New Order: Europe Under Hitler
The Home Front: The Life of Civilians During
World War II
How It Ends: The Cold War’s Beginnings
Spielvogel, 840-847
Spielvogel, 847-855
Spielvogel, 855-862
Spielvogel, 862-868
Spielvogel, 868-872 (Churchill
and Stalin)
Chapter 28: Cold War and the New Western World, 1945-1973
Europe Divided: The Roots of the Cold War
Decolonization: The Effect of World War II
Around the World
Recovery and Renewal Communist-Style:
Eastern Europe
Recovery and Renewal Capitalist-Style: The
Influence of Unity and the United States in
Western Europe
Excerpt from Europe in Our
Time, Walter Laqueur (Penguin
Books 1993), 3-11
Spielvogel, 883-890
Spielvogel, 890-893; Excerpt
from Laqueur, 227-230
Spielvogel, 893-897; Excerpt
from Laqueur, 328-332
Western Culture: Becoming an American in the
Last Half of the 20th Century
Spielvogel, 898-906
Chapter 29: The Contemporary Western World Since 1973
From Repression to Revolution: The Soviet
Union to Russia
To Unification and Beyond: How Europe Coped
with Decline
Back to Square One: The Disintegration of the
Balkans
Is This Culture?: Pop Culture at the Dawn of the
21st Century
Economic Jockeying: The Global Influence of
Big Business
Spielvogel, 914-917; 936-941
Spielvogel, 917-919; 945-948
Spielvogel, 942-945
Spielvogel, 927-932; 955-960
Spielvogel, 925-927; 960-964