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AP European History
This textbook explores the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped Europe from c. 1450 to the present.
- Author
- Nina Sprouse
- Publisher
- Mizzou Academy
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 186 sections
- 01: The Crises of the Middle Ages
- 1.01: 1.1 Crusades
- 1.02: 1.2 The Northern Crusades and the Teutonic Knights
- 1.03: 1.3 Medieval Politics
- 1.04: 1.4 Monasticism
- 1.05: The Mongols
- 1.06: The Black Death
- 1.07: The Hundred Years War
- 1.08: The Babylonian Captivity and the Great Western Schism
- 1.09: Conclusion
- 02: The Renaissance
- 2.01: Humanism
- 2.02: Important Thinkers
- 2.03: Art and Artists
- 2.04: End of the Renaissance
- 2.05: Background
- 2.06: Economics
- 2.07: Political Setting
- 2.08: City-States of Northern Italy
- 2.09: Print
- 03: Gunpowder Revolution
- 3.01: The Ottoman Empire
- 3.02: War and the Gunpowder Revolution
- 3.03: Western Europe
- 3.04: The Holy Roman Empire
- 04: European Exploration and Conquest
- 4.01: Prelude to European Exploration and Conquest
- 4.02: Africa and India
- 4.03: Spain Columbus the Great Dying and the Columbian Exchange
- 4.04: The Conquistadors
- 4.05: New World Wealth
- 05: Reforming Christianity
- 5.01: The Initial Catholic Church Reaction
- 5.02: The Inquisition and the Council of Trent
- 5.03: Religious Orders
- 5.04: Conclusion
- 5.05: The Context of the Reformation
- 5.06: Indulgences
- 5.07: Lutheranism
- 5.08: Calvinism
- 5.09: The English Reformation
- 06: Religious Wars
- 6.01: Prelude to Religious Wars
- 6.02: The Little Ice Age
- 6.03: The French Wars of Religion
- 6.04: Spain and the Netherlands
- 6.05: England
- 6.06: The Thirty Years' War
- 07: Absolutism
- 7.01: France
- 7.02: Louis XIV - the Sun King
- 7.03: Prussia
- 7.04: Austria
- 7.05: Spain
- 7.06: England's Civil War
- 7.07: England's Glorious Revolution
- 7.08: Introduction
- 7.09: Conclusion
- 08: Trade Empires
- 8.01: Prelude to Trade Empires
- 8.02: Overseas Expansion in the 17th and 18th Centuries
- 8.03: The Netherlands
- 8.04: 8.4 Britain and the Slave Trade
- 8.05: Around the Globe
- 09: Scientific Revolution
- 9.01: The Scientific Process
- 9.02: Astronomy
- 9.03: Mathematics
- 9.04: Medicine
- 9.05: Science and Society - Women
- 9.06: Scientific Institutions and Culture
- 9.07: The Philosophical Impact of Science
- 10: The Enlightenment
- 10.01: The Enlightenment Defined
- 10.02: Context and Causes
- 10.03: Enlightenment Philosophes
- 10.04: Politics and Society
- 10.05: The Radical Enlightenment
- 10.06: Implications of the Enlightement
- 11: The Society of Orders
- 11.01: Prelude to The Society of Orders
- 11.02: Social Orders Divisions
- 11.03: The Great Powers--First Four
- 11.04: Great Powers--Russia
- 11.05: Wars
- 12: The French Revolution
- 12.01: The Causes of the Revolution
- 12.02: Events of the Early Revolution
- 12.03: Equality
- 12.04: The Radical Phase and the Terror
- 13: Napoleon
- 13.01: The Rise of Napoleon's Empire
- 13.02: Military Strategy
- 13.03: Civil Life
- 13.04: The Fall of Napoleon's Empire
- 13.05: Russia Elba and Waterloo
- 13.06: The Aftermath
- 14: The Industrial Revolution
- 14.01: Big Changes
- 14.02: Geography of the Industrial Revolution
- 14.03: Transportation and Communication
- 14.04: Social Effects
- 14.05: Cultural Effects
- 15: Political Ideologies and Movements
- 15.01: After the Revolution
- 15.02: Conservatism
- 15.03: Ideologies
- 15.04: Romanticism
- 15.05: Nationalism
- 15.06: Liberalism
- 15.07: Socialism
- 15.08: Social Classes
- 16: The Politics of the Nineteenth Century
- 16.01: The Congress of Vienna
- 16.02: Revolts and Revolutions
- 16.03: The Revolutions of 1848
- 16.04: National Unifications---Italy
- 16.05: Germany
- 16.06: Russia
- 17: Culture Science and Pseudo-Science
- 17.01: Victorian Culture
- 17.02: Scientific and Pseudo-Scientific Discoveries and Theories
- 17.03: Mass Culture
- 17.04: Culture Struggles--Germany
- 17.05: First Wave Feminism
- 17.06: Modern Anti-Semitism
- 18: Imperialism
- 18.01: Introduction
- 18.02: Technology
- 18.03: The Second Industrial Revolution
- 18.04: The British Empire
- 18.05: Africa
- 18.06: Effects
- 18.07: The Counter-Examples Ethiopia and Japan
- 19: World War I
- 19.01: Background to the War
- 19.02: The Start of the War
- 19.03: The Early War
- 19.04: The Evolution of the War
- 19.05: The Eastern Front and the Ottoman Empire
- 19.06: The Late War
- 19.07: The Aftermath
- 20: The Early Twentieth Century
- 20.01: Political Disappointments
- 20.02: Fascism in Italy
- 20.03: Fascism in Germany- The Nazis
- 20.04: Fascism- The Spanish Civil War
- 20.05: Russian Revolutions
- 20.06: Early Twentieth-Century Cultural Change
- 20.07: Modernism
- 20.08: The Great Depression
- 21: World War II
- 21.01: Conclusion
- 21.02: Leading up to War
- 21.03: The Early War
- 21.04: The War in the East
- 21.05: The Turn of the Tide
- 21.06: The Holocaust
- 22: The Soviet Union and the Cold War
- 22.01: Marxism-Leninism
- 22.02: Stalinism
- 22.03: World War II and the USSR
- 22.04: The Cold War
- 22.05: The USSR During the Cold War
- 22.06: Conclusion- What Went Wrong with the USSR
- 23: Postwar Conflict
- 23.01: Introduction
- 23.02: Major Cold War Conflicts
- 23.03: India Israel and Palestine
- 23.04: Africa
- 23.05: The Non-Aligned Movement and Immigration
- 24: Postwar Society
- 24.01: Second-Wave Feminism
- 24.02: Social Democracy
- 24.03: The Postwar Boom and Cultural Change
- 24.04: Philosophy and Art
- 24.05: The Youth Movement and Cultural Revolution
- 25: New Horizons
- 25.01: Introduction
- 25.02: Population and Climate Change
- 25.03: Growth in Technology
- 25.04: Towards the Present
- 25.05: Conservatism
- 25.06: Eastern Europe
- 25.07: The European Union
- 25.08: Globalization