PERIOD 1 (1450-1648)

AP EUROPEAN HISTORY REVIEW SESSION #1

SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE AP EUROPEAN

HISTORY COURSE (PRE-RENAISSANCE)
HIGH MIDDLE AGES (11TH 13TH C.)
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

GROWTH OF TOWNS/TRADE
REFORM OF THE UNIVERSAL CATHOLIC CHURCH

CRUSADES

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
DYNASTIC NATIONAL STATES (CENTRALIZATION)
ERODING FEUDAL SYSTEM

LATE MIDDLE AGES (14TH CENTURY)

BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY (1307-) // GREAT SCHISM (1378-1413)
FAMINE/BLACK DEATH (1348-1351)
HUNDRED YEARS WAR (1337-1453)
PEASANT REVOLTS
EARLY REFORMERS

JOHN WYCLIFFE (LOLLARDS)

JAN HUSS (HUSSITE WARS)

FUN WITH DATES

1453

1492
1517
1534
1555
1588
1598
1603
1648
1688, 1689

FUN WITH DATES

1453 OTTOMAN CONQUEST OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE

1492 COLUMBUS VOYAGE/RECONQUISTA

1517 MARTIN LUTHERS 95 THESES
1534 ACT OF SUPREMACY (HENRY VIII)
1555 PEACE OF AUGSBURG
1588 DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
1598 EDICT OF NANTES (FRANCE)
1603 END OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
1648 PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
1688, 1689 GLORIOUS REVOLUTION, ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS

THEME 1: INTERACTION OF EUROPE & THE WORLD

(CAUSES/IMPACTS OF CROSS CULTURAL INTERACTION)
EXPLORATION/CONQUEST/COLONIZATION

OF

SE ASIA, AMERICAS

PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, DUTCH, BRITISH, FRENCH EMPIRES

IMPACT ON ECONOMICS/CULTURE/POLITICS
THE ATLANTIC WORLD
COLONIZATION
TRIANGULAR TRADE/TRANS-ATLANTIC TRADE (EUROPE/AMERICAS/AFRICA)

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
MOTIVES/DRIVERS

FOR/OF

EXPLORATION

ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL
RELIGIOUS/CULTURAL/INTELLECTUAL
POLITICAL
TECHNOLOGICAL

THEME 2: POVERTY & PROSPERITY

(ECONOMIC)

EROSION OF FEUDAL/MANOR SYSTEM & SERFDOM (W. EUROPE) W/ BLACK DEATH (AFTER 1350)
RENAISSANCE TIES TO URBAN COMMERCIAL/SECULAR WEALTH (PATRONAGE)
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION (INFLATION, CAPITALIZATION/FINANCE)
GROWTH OF MERCANTILISM (STATE-DIRECTED CAPITALISM)

ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT & COMMERCIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE

INFLUX OF URBAN POOR VAGRANCY LAWS
TRIANGULAR TRADE, AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND LABOR SYSTEMS
THE DUTCH TRADE EMPIRE AS A MODEL

THEME 3: OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE & SUBJECTIVE VISIONS

(INTELLECTUAL/CULTURAL)

ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES *TRUTH=CHURCH TEACHINGS*

MEDIEVAL WORLDVIEW

IMPACT OF GUTENBERGS PRINTING PRESS

CLASSICISM

RENAISSANCE SECULAR THINKING/EXPRESSION

OF THE

HUMANISM

INDIVIDUALISM

RENAISSANCE *TRUTH=CLASSICAL TEXTS*

NORTHERN RENAISSANCE CHRISTIAN HUMANISM (SCRIPTURAL FUNDAMENTALISM) *TRUTH=SCRIPTURE*

LUTHERANISM (1517)

CALVINISM

ANABAPTISM

CATHOLIC UNIVERSALISM

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM/FREEDOM

EMPIRICAL/SCIENTIFIC THINKING *TRUTH=OBSERVATION/RATIONAL INTERPRETATION*

OF

RELIGIOUS CONSCIENCE

PRACTICAL SCIENCE/RENAISSANCE MAGIC

DEDUCTIVE/INDUCTIVE REASONING SKEPTICISM

ARISTOTLE/GALEN VS. COPERNICUS, GALILEO, KEPLER, NEWTON, BACON, DESCARTES/VESALIUS, HARVEY

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVABLE IDEA THAT THE UNIVERSE IS SUBJECT TO NATURAL LAWS NEWTONS WORLD MACHINE

LIMITS OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS

MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, MANNERISM, BAROQUE

THEME 4: STATES & OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF POWER

(DIPLOMATIC/POLITICAL)

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES

HUNDRED YEARS WAR (PRE COURSE)

OTTOMAN CONQUEST OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE (1453)

ACT OF SUPREMACY/HENRY VIII (1534)

GERMAN WARS OF RELIGION PEACE OF AUGSBURG (1546-1555)

REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS (VS. SPAIN) 1566-1609

ABSOLUTISM (JAMES I/JEAN BODIN) THOMAS HOBBES

DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA (VS. ENGLAND) 1588

CONSTITUTIONALISM JOHN LOCKE

FRENCH WARS OF RELIGION (1562-1598) EDICT OF NANTES (1598)

THIRTY YEARS WAR & THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA (1618-1648)

ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (1642-16511688) & CONSTITUTIONALISM

MEDIEVAL ERASMUS

RENAISSANCE MACHIAVELLI

RAISON D ETAT

LUTHERAN, CALVINIST, ANABAPTIST

NEW MONARCHIES (CENTRALIZATION)

MAJOR STATE/POLITICAL CONFLICTS, DEVELOPMENTS & PEACE TREATIES

EXPANSION OF CENTRAL/ROYAL BUREAUCRACY (NOBLES OF THE ROBE),

TAXATION, MILITARY CAPACITY, EMPIRE BUILDING

JAMES I, CHARLES I, CROMWELL, CHARLES II, JAMES II

SPAIN (FERDINAND/ISABELLA, CHARLES V, PHILIP II)

ENGLAND (HENRY VII, HENRY VIII)
FRANCE (FRANCOIS I, HENRY IV)

ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS (1689)

CARDINAL RICHELIEU

PORTUGAL (HENRY THE NAVIGATOR)

HRE (CHARLES V)

CONTROL OF CHURCH (CATHOLIC/PROTESTANT)

FRONDE REVOLTS (NOBILITY VS. CENTRALIZATION)

CATHOLIC (SPAIN/FRANCE/GERMAN STATES), GERMAN/LUTHERAN REFORMATION,

ENGLISH REFORMATION (HENRY VIII, EDWARD, MARY, ELIZABETH I), CALVINIST
REFORMATION (GENEVA, SCOTLAND)

DECENTRALIZED EASTERN EUROPE (POLAND)

ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE (PRE LOUIS XIV)

COUNTERREFORMATION
JESUIT ORDER, INDEX OF FORBIDDEN BOOKS, INQUISITIONS, HOLY
ROMAN EMPIRE/UNIVERSALISM

BALANCE OF POWER AS A THEME PEACE OF WESTPHALIA

THEME 5: INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY

(SOCIAL, POPULATION TRENDS, FAMILY, CLASS, GENDER, STATUS)

MIDDLE AGES

EARLY MODERN

FEUDAL ORDERS HEREDITARY STATUS

NOBLITY VS. CLERGY

VS.

PEASANTRY

BURGHER CLASS

LITERACY TRENDS

EUROPEANS VS. OTHER

SOCIETAL DISRPUPTIONS

KINSHIP PATTERNS

REFORMATION (EX: PEASANTS REVOLT 1524-25)

WOMENS STATUS

SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT WOMEN

MEDIEVAL WORLDVIEW

MEDIEVAL COMMUNITY

PUBLIC MORALITY (EX: CONSISTORY)

GUILDS

IMPACT ON TRADITIONAL RITUALS/FESTIVALS

PATRIARCHY

AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

IMPACT OF THE BLACK DEATH

IDENTITY=GROUPS NOT INDIVIDUALITY

RENAISSANCE ITALY

RENAISSANCE ITALY

THIRTY YEARS WAR

IMPACT OF PROTESTANT

MOVE TO MARKET ECONOMICS: PRICE REVOLUTION,

ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT (ENGLAND), POPULATION
GROWTH, VAGRANCY LAWS, THE POOR

POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

PATRICIANS/PLEBIANS

ANABAPTISTS/GERMAN PEASANTS REVOLT

HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS DIGNIFIED (VS. MEDIEVAL W.)

LEVELERS (ENGLISH REFORMATION)

URBANIZATION (ITALY (+) VS. EUROPE (-)

COMMERCIAL CLASS NEW ECONOMIC ELITE

MEDICI

ROLE OF THE FATHER

ARRANGED MARRIAGES

REFORMATION

PRIVATE/PUBLIC

ANABAPTISTS

QUERELLE DES FEMMES

(PREACHERS?
EDUCATION/SCIENCE?)