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ADVANCED PLACEMENT EUROPEAN HISTORY

UNIT II: Reformation and Expansion

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Thanks to the printing press, Martin Luther became the first commoner in modern history to have a famous face, recognizable to most people.

 

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SYLLABUS AND DAILY ASSIGNMENTS:

Unit 2 Syllabus
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TEXT READINGS:

McKay, Hill and Buckler. A History of Western Society. Houghton-Mifflin, 6th edition. Chapter 14, "Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church", pp. 450-485 (glossary) and Chapter 15, "The Age of Religious Wars and European Expansion", pp. 486-527 (glossary). (This is the publisher's site with on-line quizzes, primary sources, and other support material for the text.)

SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS:

Sherman. Western Civilization: Images and Interpretations. Selected readings.
Hammond Historical Atlas of the World. (For an on-line equivalent, try the Periodic Historic Atlas.

 

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On-line support resources:

The Causes and Effects of the Reformation: Powerpoint
"The Reformation and Wars of Relgion: Summary"
"The Reformation: Lecture Notes"
"The Thirty Years’ War: Summary"
The Age of European Exploration, Discovery and Colonization: Powerpoint
"The European Age of Exploration and Discovery": Lecture Notes
Quotations from the Reformation period: Text
The Columbian Exchange: Chart
The Age of European Exploration and Discovery: Summary
Exploration and Discovery Timeline: Chart

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Unit II Journal Topics (These are the topics given in Mr. Roswell's class and may not always agree with those for Mr. Arias. The topics will be added at the earliest opportunity after they are given in class.)

CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS: The following State of California content standards for Grade 10: World History, Culture and Geography, will be dealt with, in part:

10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.

  1. Analyze the similarities and differences in Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman views of law, reason and faith, and duties of the individual.

Analysis skills standards  are embedded in the content and will be interwoven throughout this and every unit.

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UNIT INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

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The Religious Situation in Europe, 1560

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (DQ's):
1.
  Compare and contrast the key religious ideas, beliefs, and practices of Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism, and Radical Anabaptism in the Reformation. (A graphic organizer will be provided for this activity.)
2.   Describe the causes and effects of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648).
3.   Discuss the impact of the Age of Exploration, Discovery, and Colonization upon Europe and the World.

SHORT ANSWERS (SA's):
1.       What were the problems within the Church raised by critics in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and early sixteenth centuries.
2.
       What were the core ideas of religious reform offered by
Martin Luther and why is his work considered the beginning of the Reformation?
3.
       Describe the rise of the
Habsburg dynasty to prominence in sixteenth century Europe.
4.
       How and to where in Europe did
Luther’s ideas spread.
5.
       How was the
Reformation in England more political than religious?
6.
       How did the Catholic Church reform itself during the
Counter-Reformation (Catholic Reformation)?
7.
       How did the
Reformation and religious wars affect France?
8.
       What were the causes of the revolution of the Netherlands against Spanish rule?
9.
       What were the causes of the Spanish attempt to invade England in 1588?
10.
   What were the basics of the Baroque style?

 

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A map of the Atlantic done in 1545.  Notice the Line of Demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese territory drawn by the Treaty of Tordesillas.

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Important because . . . / IDENTIFICATIONS (IB's):

1)Protestant Reformation; 2)pluralism; 3)Brethren of the Common Life; 4)The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis; 5)Martin Luther; 6)indulgences; 7)Ninety-Five Theses; 8)Diet of Worms; 9)Ulrich Zwingli; 10)Diet of Speyer (1529); 11)Confession of Augsburg; 12)Twelve Articles; 13)Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of the Peasants; 14)Golden Bull of 1356 / Seven Electors; 15)Habsburg dynasty; 16)H.R.E. Charles V; 17)Appeal to the Nobility of the German Nation; 18)Peace of Augsburg; 19)John Calvin; 20)Institutes of the Christian Religion; 21)predestination; 22)Michael Servetus; 23)Anabaptists; 24)Henry VIII; 25)William Tyndale; 26)Catherine of Aragon; 27)Supremacy Act of 1534; 28)Church of England (Anglican Church); 29)Pilgrimage of Grace; 30)Book of Common Prayer; 31)Mary I (Mary Tudor); 32)Puritans; 33)Elizabeth I; 34)John Knox; 35)Presbyterian Church; 36)Gustavus Vasa; 37)Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation); 38)Pope Paul III; 39)Council of Trent / Tridentum / Tridentine Catholicism; 40)St. Teresa of Ávila; 41)Ignatius Loyola / Spiritual Exercises; 42)Society of Jesus (the Jesuits); 43)Index of Prohibited Books; 44)Habsburg-Valois Wars; 45)Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis; 46)Francis I; 47)nobility of the robe; 48)Catherine de Medici; 49)Huguenots; 50)St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre; 51)War of the Three Henrys 52)politiques; 53)Henry IV of France; 54)Edict of Nantes; 55)Philip II; 56)Council of Blood; 57)Prince William “the Silent” of Orange; 58)United Provinces of the (Dutch) Netherlands; 59)Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; 60)Escorial; 61)Spanish Armada; 62)Protestant Union and Catholic League; 63)Thirty Years’ War; 64)Defenestration of Prague; 65)Prince Frederick of the Palatinate; 66)Christian IV of Denmark; 67)Albert of Wallenstein; 68)Edict of Restitution; 69)Gustavus Adolphus; 70)Cardinal Richelieu; 71)Peace of Westphalia; 72)Vikings; 73)Prince Henry, “the Navigator”; 74)Bartholomew Diaz; 75)Vasco da Gama; 76)Pedro Cabral; 77)Alfonso de Albuquerque; 78)caravel; 79)astrolabe; 80)Dutch East India Company; 81)Marco Polo; 82)Christopher Columbus; 83)Amerigo Vespucci, Mundus Novus; 84)Ferdinand Magellan; 85)Hernando Cortés; 86)Franciso Pizarro; 87)John Cabot; 88)Jacques Cartier; 89)Treaty of Tordesillas*; 90)Viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata; 91)quinto; 92)Bartolomé de las Casas; 93)Michel de Montaigne; 94)William Shakespeare; 95)Baroque; 96)Peter Paul Rubens; 97)Diego de Velásquez; 98)Johann Sebastian Bach; 99)Rembrandt van Rijn*; 100)Gianlorenzo Bernini*.

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Henry VIII

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Charles V

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Elizabeth I

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Mary I

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John Calvin

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Francis I

 

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Philip II

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Catherine de' Medici

Baroque Art Examples (click on thumbnails for larger images)
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Rembrandt: The Night Watch

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Bernini: The Ecstacy of St. Teresa

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Velasquez: Las Meninas

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Rubens: Daniel in the Lion's Den

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El Greco: View of Toledo

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Poussin: The Dance to the Music of Time

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Gentilleschi: Judith Beheading Holofernes

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Vermeer: The Geographer

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Links to sites of further interest:

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time
Enchanted Learning on Explorers
The European Voyages of Exploration
European Explorers

Mark Harden's "The Artchive"
Art History - Dr. Christopher Witcombe
CGFA - A Virtual Art Museum
Artcyclopedia

Web Gallery of Art
Tigertail Virtual Museum
Web Museum

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