European History: 1648 to 1789 Essentials
Erschienen am 1. Januar 2013
146 Seiten
978-0-7386-7165-9 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
REA's Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. European History: 1648 to 1789 covers mercantilism, beginnings of modern science and the Enlightenment, Bourbon France, the Hapsburgs, the Hohenzollerns, the English Civil War, the Restoration, Peter the Great and Russia, the Papacy, the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Europe, and the culture of Baroque and Rococo.
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Inhalt
- Intro
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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- What REA's Essentials of History ® Will Do for You
- About the Author
- Table of Contents
- CHAPTER 1 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- 1.1 HISTORICAL SETTING IN 1648
- 1.2 PEACE OF WESTPHALIA (1648)
- 1.3 TREATY OF THE PYRENEES (1659)
- 1.4 WAR OF DEVOLUTION (FIRST DUTCH WAR), 1667 - 68
- 1.5 SECOND DUTCH WAR (1672 - 78)
- 1.6 INVASION OF THE SPANISH NETHERLANDS (1683)
- 1.7 WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG (1688 - 97)
- 1.8 WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (1701 - 13)
- 1.9 TREATY OF UTRECHT (1713)
- 1.10 WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (1740 - 48)
- 1.11 THE SEVEN YEARS'WAR (1756 - 63)
- 1.12 THE AMERICAN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AS A EUROPEAN WAR, 1775 - 83
- CHAPTER 2 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
- 2.1 TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- 2.2 SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS NEEDED FOR COMMERCE AND A PROSPEROUS ECONOMY
- 2.3 MERCANTILISM
- 2.4 GROWTH OF TRADE
- 2.5 AGRICULTURAL CHANGES
- 2.6 IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION
- 2.7 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
- 2.8 FACTORS IN SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH
- CHAPTER 3 - BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE AND AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
- 3.1 SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
- 3.2 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- 3.3 THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
- 3.4 THE "COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENT"
- 3.5 PHILOSOPHIC REACTION
- CHAPTER 4 - BOURBON FRANCE
- 4.1 FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY
- 4.2 FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV (1643 - 1715)
- 4.3 FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XV (1715 - 74)
- 4.4 FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XVI (1774-1792)
- CHAPTER 5 - SPAIN: HAPSBURG AND BOURBON
- 5.1 SPAIN IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- 5.2 CHARLES II
- 5.3 PHILIP V (1700 - 1746)
- 5.4 CHARLES III (1759 - 88)
- CHAPTER 6 - AUSTRIAN HAPSBURG AND CENTRAL EUROPE
- 6.1 HISTORY OF THE HAPSBURGS
- 6.2 GOVERNMENT OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
- 6.3 FEUDALISM IN THE HAPSBURG EMPIRE
- 6.4 MUSIC AND VIENNA
- 6.5 EMPEROR LEOPOLD I (1658 - 1705)
- 6.6 EMPEROR CHARLES VI (1711 - 40)
- 6.7 MARIA THERESA (1740 - 80)
- 6.8 JOSEPH II (1765 - 1790)
- CHAPTER 7 - PRUSSIA AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS
- 7.1 BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA IN 1648
- 7.2 FREDERICK WILLIAM (1640 - 88)
- 7.3 FREDERICK I (1688 - 1713)
- 7.4 FREDERICK WILLIAM I (1713 - 40)
- 7.5 FREDERICK THE GREAT (FREDERICK II: 1740 - 86)
- CHAPTER 8 - THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
- 8.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- 8.2 GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS
- 8.3 DUTCH ECONOMY
- 8.4 DUTCH ART
- 8.5 DUTCH WARS AND FOREIGN POLICY
- CHAPTER 9 - ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
- 9.1 ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (1642 - 49)
- 9.2 THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE PROTECTORATE (1649 - 59)
- 9.3 THE RESTORATION (1660 - 1688)
- 9.4 THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION OF 1688
- 9.5 QUEEN ANNE (1702 - 14)
- 9.6 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND
- CHAPTER 10 - SCANDINAVIA
- 10.1 SWEDEN IN THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR
- 10.2 SWEDISH EMPIRE
- 10.3 POLITICAL SITUATION
- 10.4 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SWEDEN
- 10.5 SCANDINAVIAN RELATIONSHIPS
- 10.6 DENMARK
- CHAPTER 11 - RUSSIA OF THE ROMANOVS
- 11.1 BACKGROUND TO 17th CENTURY
- 11.2 THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
- 11.3 PETER THE GREAT (1682 - 1725)
- 11.4 18th CENTURY RUSSIAN CZARS AFTER PETER THE GREAT
- CHAPTER 12 - ITALY AND THE PAPACY
- 12.1 THE PAPACY
- 12.2 17th AND 18th CENTURY ITALY
- CHAPTER 13 - THE OTTOMAN TURKISH EMPIRE IN EUROPE
- 13.1 CHRISTIAN EUROPE VERSUS ISLAMIC MEDITERRANEAN
- 13.2 TURKISH DECLINE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
- 13.3 MOHAMMED IV (1648 - 1687)
- 13.4 MUSTAPHA II (1695 - 1703)
- 13.5 AHMED III (1703 - 1730)
- 13.6 MAHMUD I (1730 - 1754)
- 13.7 ABDUL HAMID I (1774 - 1789)
- CHAPTER 14 - CULTURE OF THE BAROQUE AND ROCOCO
- 14.1 AGE OF THE BAROQUE (1600 - 1750)
- 14.2 ROCOCO
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