Western Heritage, The: Volume B

by Kagan, Donald; Ozment, Steven M; Turner, Frank M.

• ISBN13: 9780131963146
• ISBN10: 0131963147
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Volume B: 1300-1850 A core text for introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization. Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balanced narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural and political history, this text is presented in a flexible chronological organization. The new Ninth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of cultural history, the ancient Near East, late antiquity, imperialism, and the Holocaust.

Table of Contents

The West and The World: The Invention of Printing in China and Europe

Europe in Transition

The Late

Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown (1300ndash;1453)

The Black Death Preconditions and Causes of the Plague Popular

Remedies Social and Economic Consequences

New Conflicts and Opportunities

The Hundred Yearsrsquo; War and the Rise of National Sentiment

The Causes of the War Progress of the War

Ecclesiastical Breakdown and Revival: The Late Medieval Church

The Thirteenth-Century Papacy Boniface VIII and Philip the Fair

The Avignon Papacy (1309ndash;1377)

The Great Schism (1378ndash;1417) and the Conciliar Movement to 1449

Medieval Russia Politics and Society Mongol Rule (1243ndash;1480) In Perspective

Renaissance and Discovery

The Renaissance in Italy (1375ndash;1527)

The Italian City-State Humanism

Renaissance Art Slavery in the Renaissance

Italyrsquo;s Political Decline: The French Invasions (1494ndash;1527)

Charles VIIIrsquo;s March through Italy

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