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Europe and the Wars of Religion (1500-1700) [TTC Audio]
English | 2003 | 12 hrs and 7 mins | MP3 | 291 MB

Lectures given by Professor Govind Sreenivasan, Brandeis University

A twenty-four lecture course that examines European history during an era of intense religious and political violence. The course is organized around five major conflicts: the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), the Revolt of the Netherlands (1566-1609), the Thirty Years' War in central Europe (1618-1648), the English Civil War (1642-1649) and Glorious Revolution (1688), and the emergence of French absolutism (1610-1715).

part 1. lecture 1. Ideologies of political obedience ; lecture 2. The ideology of disobedience ; lecture 3. Monarchy and society in France ; lecture 4. The Huguenots ; lecture 5. From early war to the Catholic League ; lecture 6. The Catholic League and Henry IV ; lecture 7. The Spanish monarchy ; lecture 8. The revolt of the Netherlands : beginnings ; lecture 9. The first revolt of the Netherlands ; lecture 10. The rebellion widens ; lecture 11. Triumph of the Dutch Republic ; lecture 12. The art of war and the logistics of victory. part 2. lecture 13. The politics of the Holy Roman Empire ; lecture 14. Bohemian revolt and Habsburg victory ; lecture 15. The march of the Swedes ; lecture 16. The intervention of France ; lecture 17. Stuart England ; lecture 18. Charles I and the English Civil War ; lecture 19. Republic to Restoration (1647-1660) ; lecture 20. Restoration to Glorious Revolution ; lecture 21. Royal power in 17th-century France ; lecture 22. The Fronde ; lecture 23. Princes and peasants ; lecture 24. Conclusion: the France of Louis XIV