A Survey of Modern European History : From Joan of Arc to Tony Blair

By Wikibooks Contributors

Description
Text Books

Excerpt
Preface: A Background of European History Introduction. The purpose of this volume is to give the reader a broad historic overview of the period from the high middle ages to the present day, roughly AD 1000 and AD 2000. This is, of course, a somewhat arbitrary period, but not a wholly unuseful one; whilst the early middle ages see a contraction of the urbanised societies of Europe, the eleventh century sees a consolidation of many states and the growth of their military power. The eleventh century is, then, a useful starting point, as it forms the historical background to European ascendency in the modern world.

Table of Contents
Contents PREFACE - A BACKGROUND OF EUROPEAN HISTORY....................................................................8 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................8 FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ............................................................................................................................8 BARBARIANS UNITE ..........................................................................................................................................9 ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART.....................................................................................................................11 PAPAL POWER IN THE MIDDLE AGES...............................................................................................................11 SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE AGES ........................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER 01 - THE CRISES OF THE MIDDLE AGES..........................................................................14 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................14 NEW BREEDS OF ART ......................................................................................................................................14 THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR ............................................................................................................................15 THE RISE OF TOWNS AND COMMERCE ............................................................................................................16 GROWTH OF NATIONAL MONARCHIES ............................................................................................................16 THE BLACK DEATH .........................................................................................................................................16 CHALLENGES TO SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY AT THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES ..............................................18 CHAPTER 02 - RENAISSANCE EUROPE..................................................................................................20 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................20 ORIGINS............................................................................................................................................................20 SOCIAL ORDER AND CULTURAL CHANGE .......................................................................................................20 THE BIRTH OF HUMANISM ...............................................................................................................................21 ARTS.................................................................................................................................................................22 THE PRINCE ......................................................................................................................................................23 NORTHERN RENAISSANCE VS. SOUTHERN RENAISSANCE..............................................................................23

Book Id: WPLBN0000662076
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 1.86 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005
Full Text

Title:

A Survey of Modern European History : From Joan of Arc to Tony Blair

Author:

Wikibooks Contributors

Volume:

Language:

English

Subject:

Reference materials, Reference books, Reference & resource series

Collection:

WikiBooks Collection

Subcollection:

Historic
Publication Date:

Publisher:

WikiBooks

Other Books I Looked at: Click to view all Books in my History

A Survey of Modern European History : Fr... (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(1)

People also read these books: Click to view all Additional Books

Lectures in the Forum in Industrial Jour... (by Forum In Industrial Journalism)
(1)
The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Di... (by Wilson, John)
(3)
Biological Lectures Delivered at the Mar... (by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.))
(1)
Œuvres de Fourier : Vol. 1 Volume Vol. 1 (by Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron)
(3)
Journal : Chemical Society (Great Britai... Volume Index S 1903-12 (J-Z) (by Chemical Society (Great Britain))
(3)
Reference Guides That Should Be Known an... (by Hopkins, Florence May)
(3)
Reference Guides That Should Be Known an... (by Hopkins, Florence May)
(3)
Reference Guides That Should Be Known an... Volume Part: 4 (by Hopkins, Florence May)
(3)
Reference Catalogue of the Reynolds Libr... (by Reynolds Library)
(3)
The Practical Use of Books and Libraries... (by Ward, Gilbert Oakley)
(3)
The Practical Use of Books and Libraries... (by Ward, Gilbert Oakley)
(3)
The Practical Use of Books and Libraries... (by Ward, Gilbert Oakley)
(3)

Other Books by Same Author: Click to view all books by Wikibooks Contributors

International Open Source Network (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(118)
French Language Course (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(1)
Learning Earning Theories (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(2)
Wiki Junior Kings and Queens of England/... (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(200)
Chess (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(4)
Unilingual (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(200)
Human Physiology (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(17)
$Wikibooks Contributors$
Latex (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(6)
A Survey of Modern European History : Fr... (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(1)
Communication Theory (by Wikibooks Contributors)
(1)

Other Books with Same Subject: Click to view all books in Reference materials, Reference books, Reference & resource series

A Dictionary of Science, Literature, And... (by Brande, William Thomas)
(155)
Enquire Within Upon Everything (by Philp, Robert Kemp)
(175)
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, And... (by Brande, William Thomas)
(155)
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, And... (by Brande, William Thomas)
(132)
The Domestic Encyclopaedia, Or, A Dictio... (by Willich, Anthony Florian Madinger)
(132)
The Domestic Encyclopaedia, Or, A Dictio... (by Willich, Anthony Florian Madinger)
(175)
The Domestic Encyclopaedia, Or, A Dictio... (by Willich, Anthony Florian Madinger)
(200)
The Domestic Encyclopaedia, Or, A Dictio... (by Willich, Anthony Florian Madinger)
(118)
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia : Volume 1 (by Brewster, David, Sir)
(175)
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia : Volume 10 (by Brewster, David, Sir)
(200)