Europe and the wars of religion, 1500-1700. Part I

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Presents lectures delivered by Govind Sreenivasan concerning European history during an era of intense religious and political violence. Mr. Sreenivasan discusses 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), the Glorious revolution (1688), and the emergence of French absolutism (1610-1715).  Read more... Abstract: Presents lectures delivered by Govind Sreenivasan concerning European history during an era of intense religious and political violence. Mr. Sreenivasan discusses 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), the Glorious revolution (1688), and the emergence of French absolutism (1610-1715) Content: 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 -- 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.