A 24-lecture course that examines European history during an era of intense religious and political violence. The course is organized around five major conflicts: the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), the Revolt of the Netherlands (1566-1609), the Thirty Years' War in central Europe (1618-1648), the English Civil War (1642-1649) and the Glorious Revolution (1688), and the emergence of French absolutism (1610-1715).

"Course No. 8247."

disc 1. lecture 1. Ideologies of political obedience; lecture 2. The ideology of disobedience; lecture 3. Monarchy and society in France; lecture 4. The Huguenots; lecture 5. From early war to the Catholic League; lecture 6. The Catholic League and Henry IV disc 2. lecture 7. The Spanish monarchy; lecture 8. The revolt of the Netherlands--beginnings; lecture 9. The first revolt of the Netherlands; lecture 10. The rebellion widens; lecture 11. Triumph of the Dutch Republic; lecture 12. The art of war and the logistics of victory disc 3. lecture 13. The politics of the Holy Roman Empire; lecture 14. Bohemian revolt and Habsburg victory; lecture 15. The march of the Swedes; lecture 16. The intervention of France; lecture 17. Stuart England; lecture 18. Charles I and the English Civil War disc 4. Republic to Restoration (1647-1660); lecture 20. Restoration to Glorious Revolution; lecture 21. Royal power in 17th-century France; lecture 22. The Fronde; lecture 23. Princes and peasants; lecture 24. Conclusion--the France of Louis XIV.