A History of the Modern World, 9/e

R R Palmer, Yale University
Joel Colton, Duke University
Lloyd Kramer, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Economic Renewal and Wars of Religon, 1560-1648

Internet Exercises

Prestor John The myth of Prestor John had been circulating in Europe since the Middle Ages. What does the myth tell us about European attitudes on the eve of the imperial era?
Link 1 (http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/lan39.htm)



Link 2 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/mandeville.html)

The world outside Europe: Images How did Europeans imagine the world outside Europe? Do texts and images tell different stories in this regard?
Link 1 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1280corvino2.html)



Link 2 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/polo-kinsay.html)



Link 3 (http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/drydrunk/intro.htm)

The world outside Europe: Interactions How did Europeans interact with newly-discovered cultures and peoples? What were the effects of imperialism on Europeans and Americans?
Link 1 (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/intro.html)



Link 2 (http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/Latin.html)



Link 3 (http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/kislak/viewers/early.html)

Motivations for empire Fame, fortune and faith as motivations for discovery and European settlement.
Link 1 (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/virginia/instru.htm)



Link 2 (http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/kislak/religion/religion.html)



Link 3 (http://campus.northpark.edu/history/Classes/Sources/PhilipII.html)



Link 4 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1z.html)



Link 5 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook03.html)

The French Wars of Religion Why did religious differences cause civil conflict in France? What finally brought the wars to an end?
Link 1 (http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm)



Link 2 (http://www.lepg.org/wars2.htm)

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