Civilization in the West blends social and political history with an exceptional map and image program to engage students and bring history to life.   The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is enhanced by an image-based approach.   “The Visual Record” chapter openers draw students in by using illustrations that underscore a dominant theme of the chapter. New “Image Discovery” features guide students to interrogate images, understand their contexts, and unpack their multiple meanings. The dramatic, changing contours of the West are explored through an exceptional map program, throughMap Discovery features, and through Geographical Tours of Europe.  

Table of Contents:
Detailed Contents Documents Maps Chronologies, Genealogies, and Figures Preface Supplements0 About the Authors Introduction The Idea of Western Civilization 1 Chapter 11 The Italian Renaissance The Visual Record: A Dining Al Fresco Renaissance Society The Urban Environment Map Discovery: Largest Cities in Western Europe, ca. 1500 Production and Consumption The Experience of Life The Quality of Life Renaissance Art An Architect, a Sculptor, and a Painter Renaissance Style Michelangelo Renaissance Ideals Humanists and the Liberal Arts Renaissance Science Machiavelli and Politics The Politics of the Italian City-States Map Discovery: Italy, 1494 The Five Powers Venice: A Seaborne Empire Florence: Spinning Cloth into Gold The End of Italian Hegemony, 1450—1527 A Closer Look The Fall of Constantinople Documents On the Family The Renaissance Man The Lion and the Fox The Siege of Constantinople Chapter 12 The European Empires The Visual Record: Astride the World: The Age of Monarchies European Encounters Africa and a Passage to India Map Discovery: Portuguese Explorations Mundus Novus The Spanish Conquests The Legacy of the Encounters Map Discovery: Claims of Spain and Portugal to Overseas Empires Image Discovery Small box Geographical Tour: Europe in 1500: The Age of the New Monarchies Boundaries of Eastern Europe Central Europe Western Europe The Formation of States Eastern Configurations The Western Powers Map Discovery: The Unification of France The Dynastic Struggles Power and Glory The Italian Wars Documents A Momentous Discovery The Halls of Montezuma Last Words The Kingdom of France The West and the Wider World The Columbian Exchange Chapter 13 The Reform of Religion The Visual Record: Sola Scriptura: The Bible and the Reformation The Intellectual Reformation The Print Revolution Map Discovery: The Spread of Printing Christian Humanism The Humanist Movement The Wit of Erasmus The Lutheran Reformation The Spark of Reform Martin Luther’s Faith Lutheranism The Spread of Lutheranism Map Discovery: The Spread of Lutheranism The Protestant Reformation Geneva and Calvin The English Reformation The Reformation of the Radicals The Catholic Reformation The Spiritual Revival Image Discovery Fishing for Souls Loyola’s Pilgrimage The Counter-Reformation Map Discovery: The Religious Divisions of Europe The Empire Strikes Back A Closer Look Utopia Documents A Dutch Wit Luther on Marriage The Eternal Decree Heavenly Vision Chapter 14 Europe at War, 1555—1648 The Visual Record: The Massacre of the Innocents: War and European Society The Crises of the Western States The French Wars of Religion Map Discovery: Religious Divisions in France During the Wars of Religion One King, Two Faiths The World of Philip II The Burgundian Inheritance Map Discovery: Habsburg Lands at the Abdication of Charles V The Revolt of the Netherlands The Struggles in Eastern Europe Kings and Diets in Poland Image Discovery Muscovy’s Time of Troubles The Rise of Sweden The Thirty Years’ War, 1618—1648 Bohemia Revolts The War Widens Map Discovery: Population Loss in Germany During the Thirty Years’ War The Long Quest for Peace A Closer Look The Monstrous Regiment of Women Documents The Heart and Stomach of a King Cannibals War Is Hell Fire and Sword Chapter 15 The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe, 1500—1650 The Visual Record: Haymaking: Agriculture in a European Community Economic Life Rural Life Image Discovery Town Life Map Discovery: Grain Supply and Trade in Sixteenth-Century Europe Economic Change Map Discovery: Population Density in Europe, ca. 1600 Social Life Social Constructs Social Structure Social Change Peasant Revolts Private and Community Life The Family Communities Popular Beliefs and the Persecution of Witches A Closer Look Sex and the Married Man Documents Living by One’s Wits The Peasants’ Revolt The Devil’s Due Chapter 16 The Royal State in the Seventeenth Century The Visual Record: Fit for a King: The Grandeur of the European Monarchy The Rise of the Royal State Divine Kings The Court and the Courtiers The Taxing Demands of War The Crises of the Royal State The Need to Resist The Right to Resist The English Civil War Image Discovery Map Discovery: English Civil War The English Revolutions The Zenith of the Royal State The Nature of Absolute Monarchy Absolutism in the East Map Discovery: Expansion of Russia Under Peter the Great The Origins of French Absolutism Louis le Grand Documents The Divinity That Doth Hedge a King A Short, Sharp Shock The Nature of Man A Close Shave The West and the Wider World The Siege of Vienna Chapter 17 Science and Commerce in Early Modern Europe The Visual Record: Rembrandt’s Lessons: Anatomy and the New Science The New Science Heavenly Revolutions The Natural World Science Enthroned Empires of Goods The Marketplace of the World Map Discovery: Dutch Trade Routes, ca. 1650 Consumption Choices Image Discovery: The Symbols of Trade Dutch Masters Mercantile Organization The Wars of Commerce The Mercantile Wars The Wars of Louis XIV Map Discovery: The Treaty of Utrecht The Colonial Wars Map Discovery: The Seven Years’ War The West and the Wider World The Nutmeg Wars Documents Stargazing The Telescope Descartes Experiments Defining Commerce Chapter 18 The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe The Visual Record: A Dashing Officer: The Rise of Militarism Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 Expansion of Western Europe Realignment in Eastern Europe The Rise of Russia The Reforms of Peter the Great Life in Rural Russia The Enlightened Empress Catherine The Two Germanies The Rise of Prussia Map Discovery: The Expansion of Prussia Austria Survives The Politics of Power Map Discovery: The Partitions of Poland The Greatness of Great Britain The British Constitution Parties and Ministers America Revolts Image Discovery The West and the Wider World The British Raj in India Documents Captain Cook Encounters the Tahitians A King’s-Eye View Military Discipline Unalienable Rights Chapter 19 Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe The Visual Record: Happy Families: An Enlightenment Institution Eighteenth-Century Culture The Enlightenment The Spirit of the Enlightenment Image Discovery The Impact of the Enlightenment Eighteenth-Century Society The Nobility The Bourgeoisie The Masses Map Discovery: Cereal Crops in Europe A Closer Look Giving Birth in the Eighteenth Century Documents The All-Knowing Candide The Good of All Love and Marriage Chapter 20 The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, 1789—1815 The Visual Record: The Tennis Court Oath: The Beginning of the French Revolution The French Revolution and the Fall of the Monarchy The Political and Fiscal Crisis of Eighteenth-Century France Convening the Estates-General The Outbreak of Revolutionary Action in 1789 Map Discovery: Revolutionary France Declaring Political Rights The Trials of Constitutional Monarchy Experimenting with Democracy, 1792—1799 The Revolution of the People “Terror Is the Order of the Day” The End of the Revolution The Reign of Napoleon, 1799—1815 Bonaparte Seizes Power Napoleon at War with the European Powers The First Empire and Domestic Reforms Map Discovery: Napoleon’s Empire Decline and Fall A Closer Look The Guillotine: Revolutionary Justice Documents “What Is the Third Estate?” Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen The Civil Code of the Code Napoléon (1804) Chapter 21 Industrial Europe The Visual Record: Portrait of an Age: The Railroad The Traditional Economy Farming Families Map Discovery: Population Growth in Europe, 1800—1850 Rural Manufacture The Agricultural Revolution Image Discovery The Industrial Revolution in Britain Britain First Map Discovery: Great Britain: Canals and Natural Resources Minerals and Metals Cotton Is King The Iron Horse Entrepreneurs and Managers The Wages of Progress The Industrialization of the Continent Map Discovery: Industrial Revolution on the Continent France: Industrialization Without Revolution Germany: Industrialization and Union The Lands That Time Forgot A Closer Look Industry and the Environment Documents The Wealth of Britain The Sin of Wages Exploiting the Young The Slavery of Labor Chapter 22 Political Upheavals and Social Transformations, 1815—1850 The Visual Record: Potato Politics: The Plight of the Poor in European Societies Geographical Tour: Europe in 1815 The Congress of Vienna The Alliance System The New Ideologies The New Politics of Preserving Order Romanticism and Change Reshaping State and Society Protest and Revolution Causes of Social Instability The Revolutions of 1830 Map Discovery: Unrest of the 1820s and 1830s: Centers of Revolutionary Action Reform in Great Britain Image Discovery Map Discovery: Unrest of the 1820s and 1830s: Centers of Revolutionary Action Workers Unite Revolutions Across Europe, 1848—1850 Map Discovery: The Revolutions of 1848 A Closer Look The Birth of the Prison Documents Young Italy (1832) The Communist Manifesto Flora Tristan and the Rights of Working Women Glossary Credits Index