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QUIZ STUDY QUESTIONS WHO AM I GAME |
INTRODUCTION TO PART I, THE ANCIEN REGIMEAncien Regime is a French phrase for the Former Government or Power Structure. It refers to the time before the French Revolution, roughly from the mid 17th Century to the end of the 18th. It was a period marked by:
This first part of the course looks at the ways politics, society, the economy, and culture of medieval Europe were transformed in the Early Modern Period (15th to 18th centuries) to produce the Ancien Regime (this links to a power-point summary by Edward Hanlon, John Jay College). This is the same period the videotape, The West and the Wider World, (Lecture II) presented as the time when the power of the West increased throughout the world to play a dominant role in shaping the modern age. The changes in government, the economy, society, and culture contributed to that major shift in world history. |
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all lecture notes, passages in red are tasks that will help you master
the material. As you do these tasks, add them to your class notes.
