Sterns Chapter 18

  • Period: 1300 to 1450

    Italian Renaissance

    Brought a new way of thinking and replaced an older way
  • Period: 1500 to

    Commercial revolution

    Trade grew through nations and intercontinental trade spread
  • 1534

    Beginning of Church of England

    The church is a big influence to government and there are a lot of people influenced by it’s teachings
  • Period: 1550 to

    Religious wars in France, Germany, and Britain

    This spread the knowledge of the West and new Muslim threats emerged
  • Period: to

    Thirty Years War

    Mostly fought in Central Europe and resulted in a few million deaths
  • Period: to

    English Civil War

    A series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists principally over the manner of England's governance and part of the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  • Period: to

    Culmination of popular rebellions in western Europe

    Multiple popular rebellions in Western Europe against government
  • Period: to

    Glorious Revolution in Britain

    Parliamentary monarchy, some religious toleration, political writing of John Locke 18th century enlightenment
  • Period: to

    European population boom

    Europes population doubled to almost 200 million
  • Period: to

    Seven years war

    The war includes France, Britain, Prussia, and Austria