Topics for Developing Global History Social Problems

The decline of feudalism and the rise of European nation states (1400—1650)

Nationalism, Nation State, Conflict, Political Systems, Power, Decision Making

General/All Sub-headings:

Early Modern (European) History Web pages from the Virtual History Library, includes topics such as Law and Order, Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), Enlightenment, Absolutism:

http://www-geschichte.fb15.uni-dortmund.de/fnz/index_e.html

Renaissance Editions: University of Oregon website offers online collection of texts printed in Britain from 1477 - 1799. Search by author's name, or scroll down alphabetical Index by author's names, for example: Elizabeth I (Speech to her last Parliament); Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan); Thomas More (History of King Richard III); Thomas Scott (Why the King of England Should Enter into Warre with the Spaniard, 1624); Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations); Edmund Spenser (View of the present State of Ireland); Jonathan Swift (A Modest Proposal):

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm

Dutch National Library Website "Gallery," featuring sub-topics such as "historical works (1300s-1690), "geography" (1538-1700), "drawings" (1538-1795), "engravings" (1596-1770), etc., within "Hundred highlights from the [library]" (to view images of the collected documents, with explanations, click on the " Hundred highlights" link within center frame of this page, then on the sub-topic name within the index.

This site also features two maps of Europe and the Netherlands, one made in 1690 and the other in 1750 (to view maps, click on the "Digital atlases" link within center frame of this page):

http://www.kb.nl/kb/resources/frameset_galerie-en.html

From the History Place (heavily commercial website): Great Speeches Collection -- "Elizabeth I of England - Against the Spanish Armada (1588)." Explanation and text of the Queen's Speech to her Troops before the great naval battle which was won by the English.

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/elizabeth.htm

From the Norwegian National Library, The Schøyen Collection: 222 Manuscripts Spanning 5000 Years (Excerpts are shown, with descriptive information) (Click on "History" and on "4.2.6 Medieval history":

http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/

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