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The European Nobility, 1400-1800 by Call Number: HT 653 .E9 D48 1996ISBN: 052142528XPublication Date: 1996-05-16This book is the first comprehensive history of the European nobility between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. Designed to introduce students and nonspecialists to the subject, it explains all the principal themes in an authoritative and accessible manner. Challenging the conventional point of view, Professor Dewald maintains that the nobles of Europe adapted effectively to the profound changes that marked society and culture at this time. He also argues that the nobility throughout Europe faced the same challenges and reacted to them in similar ways, despite their varying numbers and privileges.- The crisis of the seventeenth century; religion, the Reformation, and social change Religion, the Reformation and social change byCall Number: D247.T7 1968Publication Date: 1968
Witch Trials in Early-Modern Europe
Northeast Flight of the Witches picture courtesy of University of Texas Austin.
- Witch Trials long before SalemFrom the Univ of Missouri Kansas City
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Absolutism and the Divine Right of Kings
Louis XIV, courtesy of Radford University is probably the best example of Absolute Monarchy for his alleged statement " L'État, c'est moi (The state, it is me),
- Divine Right of KingsWRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica
Thomas Hobbes vs John Locke on Government
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
Excerpts from John Locke's Two Treatises
Thomas Hobbes & John Locke Differences
| John Locke | Thomas Hobbes |
| Man is good by nature. | Man by nature is bad. |
| Man is always peaceful | Man is in a state of war all the time |
| Man has inalienable rights from God | What rights? Rights only allowed by government. |
| Best form of government is a republic with separation of powers. | Monarchy is the best form of government. |