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Revolutions of the mind
Early modern Europe 1300-1700
538-545 - Scientific Revolution
546-553 - Enlightenment
554-561 - Enlightenment & Absolutism
561-563 - Enlightenment & the Arts
398-405 - Italian Renaissance
406-409 - Renaissance Thinking
409-411 - Renaissance Arts
412-417 - Protestant Reformation
418-421 - Spread of the Reformation
Early modern Europe was a world filled with medieval superstitions faced with modern ideas.
It was a world still controlled by the Catholic Church, but was a world producing scientific break throughs which would completely change how we saw each other, the planet and the universe.
It was a world which would see its power and influence gradually and then rapidly increase until by the end of the 19th century it would in effect control the vast majority of the world's population.
So how would a backward medieval Europe start to overhaul the world leading empires of E Asia?
Ironically, it all starts with a Mongol warrior in the grasslands of East Asia who created an Empire..
(1) Watch the video above, answering the questionss on page 1 from the question sheet bottom right...
(2) So how did the Mongols affect Europe? Watch the video above and identify how the main themes of Medieval Europe could be related to Genghis Khan's Empire?
(3) Then using the video clips below attempt the qs on pg 2 of the same q sheet from the Mongols CCWH video......
The Black Death
- When?
- Where?
- What happened?
- Why important?
The Renaissance
- When?
- Where?
- What happened?
- Why important?
The Reformation
- When?
- Where?
- What happened?
- Why important?
The Scientific Revolution
- When?
- Where?
- What happened?
- Why important?
What was Absolutism + where did it come from?
Absolutism had become the most common system of rule by the 17th + 18th Cs.
How did it work? What problems did it solve, but also create? Watch the video below 0-20 mins and answer the q sheet btm left
Sourcework - Revolutions of the Mind
Choose a selection from the archives that you think best represents the Renaissance
Choose a selection from the archives that you think best represents the Reformation
Choose an archive selection that you think best represents the Scientific Revolution
Choose a selection from the archives that you think best represents Absolutism
