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Emergence of the Modern West

Emergence of the Modern West. The State as Sovereign. A war of all against all. Thomas Hobbes Leviathan , 1660 “Life is nasty, brutish and short”. I. Reformation of the Radicals, 1530s -. The Democratization of Christianity. A. Geneva and John Calvin.

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Emergence of the Modern West

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  1. Emergence of the Modern West The State as Sovereign

  2. A war of all against all Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, 1660 “Life is nasty, brutish and short”

  3. I. Reformation of the Radicals, 1530s - The Democratization of Christianity

  4. A. Geneva and John Calvin 1. The Institutes of the Christian Religion- Predestination: grace is free, but not always accepted

  5. B. The Ghost of John Calvin • Problem of Predestination • Modern capitalism(?) • Theocratic PuritanismVisible Saints“Protestant Work Ethic”

  6. II. Europe at War

  7. A. French Civil War 1. Calvinism (Huguenots) 2. Henry (IV) of Navarre 1572 - “Paris is worth a mass” - Edict of Nantes 1598

  8. B. Hapsburg Hullabaloo 1. Legacy of Charles V- Peace of Augsburg, 1555

  9. 2. Revolt of the Netherlands - Philip II (Spain) - Council of Blood 1566 - Spanish Fury 1576

  10. 3. Spanish Armada 1588 - Henry VIII Act of Supremacy 1535 - Elizabethan Age 1558-1603 - Protestantism spreads to N. America

  11. C. The 30 Years War 1618-1648 • Prelude to WWsEngland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, N. Germany, (France) v. HRE, Spain, Pope • Peace of Westphalia1648- sovereignty- End of the Middle Ages

  12. Era of the Nation-State - Church(es) served state Modernization of government - competition / colonization / science Enlightenment and Atlantic Revolutions - Liberalism England 1680s America & France 1770s-90s

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