Revival of the West: Revival of the West c.1000-1500 C.E.

  • High & Later Middle Ages — Unit 10: The High and Later Middle Ages in Europe
    • FC62 — Urban revival in Italy (c.800-1200)
    • FC63 — The agricultural revolution in medieval Europe
    • FC64 — The rise of towns in Western Europe (c.1000-1300)
    • FC65 — Leagues & Guilds in Western Europe
    • FC66 — Rise of the medieval Papacy (c.900-1300)
    • FC67 — The Crusades & their impact (1095-1291)
    • FC68 — Rise of the French monarchy (c.1000-1300)
    • FC69 — Anglo-Norman England (1066-1300)
    • FC70 — The Holy Roman Empire of Germany (911-c.1500)
    • FC71 — The Black Death and its Impact (c.1300-1450)
    • FC71A — The Changing Status of Women in the Late Middle Ages
    • FC72 — Schism & heresies in late medieval Europe (1347-c.1450)
    • FC73 — The Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
  • The Renaissance — Unit 11: The Renaissance
    • FC74 — The invention of the printing press and its effects
    • FC75 — The Economic recovery of Europe (c.1450-1600)
    • FC75A — The Birth of Banking
    • FC76 — The Italian Renaissance (c.1400-1550)
    • FC77 — An overview of Western Art (c.1400-1950)
    • FC77A — The Revolution in Renaissance painting
    • FC78 — The Northern Renaissance (c.1500-1600)
    • FC79 — The rise of the nation state during the Renaissance
  • The Age of Exploration — Unit 12: The Age of Exploration (c.1400-1900)
    • FC80 — Geopolitical factors in the rise of Europe
    • FC81 — Early voyages of Exploration (c.1400-1550)
    • FC82 — The Portuguese Empire in the East (c.1500-1600)
    • FC83 — The later voyages of exploration (c.1550-1900)
  • Reformation & religious wars — Unit 13: The Age of Reformation and religious wars (1517-1648)
    • FC84 — The roots and birth of the Protestant Reformation
    • FC85A — The Reformation fragments I: Zwinglianism & Anabaptism
    • FC85B — The Reformation Fragments II: Calvinism
    • FC85C — The Reformation's impact on political ideas
    • FC86 — The Catholic Reformation
    • FC87 — The Age of religious wars (c.1560-98)
    • FC88 — An overview of the Thirty Years War (1618-48)
    • FC88A — The early stages of the Thirty Years War (1618-31)
    • FC88B — The later stages of the 30 Years War (1631-48)
  • Absolute Monarchies in Europe — Unit 14: The rise of absolute monarchies in Eastern and Western Europe (c.1600-1700)
    • FC96C — The English Revolution From the Restoration Monarchy to the Glorious Revolution (1660-1688)
    • FC96D — A Comparison of English & French Histories in the 1600S
    • FC89 — The Comparative Geographies and Histories of Eastern and Western Europe
    • FC90 — Hapsburg Austria Resurgent (c.1650-1700)
    • FC91 — Brandenburg-Prussia & the Roots of Modern Germany (1640-88)
    • FC92 — The Geography and Patterns of Russian History
    • FC92A — The Early History of Russia to 1725
    • FC93 — The Rise of the Dutch Republic in the 1600's
    • FC93A — The "Tulipmania" of the 1630s
    • FC94 — Laying the Foundations for Absolutism in France and Europe
    • FC95 — The Age of Louis XIV, the "Sun King" (1643-1715)
    • FC96 — The English Revolution: (1603-88)
    • FC96A — James I, Charles I, and the Road to the English Civil War (1603-1642)
    • FC96B — The English Revolution: From Civil War to Military Dictatorship (1642-60)
  • The Age of Enlightenment — Unit 15: The Age of Enlightenment
    • FC97 — The Birth of Modern Science
    • FC98 — Unravelling the Mysteries of the Heart: William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulatory System
    • FC99 — From Faith to Reason: Deism and Enlightenment Philosophy
    • FC100 — Enlightenment Political & Social Ideas
    • FC100A — Enlightenment Salons and the Changing Role of Women
    • FC101 — The Rise of the Modern State in Enlightenment Europe
    • FC102 — The Flow of Ideas in the Enlightenment
    • FC103 — Balance of Power Politics in the Age of Reason (1715-1789)
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