Mandy in TN Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I am looking for a book to cover European history. I really want something for middle school that covers Absolutism and the Enlightenment. I am aware of The Awakening of Europe by M.B. Synge, but I am concerned about its accuracy. Any other options? TIA- Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Hmmm, I don't have any great suggestions right now, but if I think of something I can come back to this. George Washington's World does cover this time period but it would not be overly detailed. I have the Portable Enlightenment Reader which would be a great resource for primary resources for this time period. ETA: I think there are some Great Courses on this too...not sure what the titles are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 shameless bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Seriously, this workbook is all I can find. Age of Absolutism (1650-1789) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 What about the Oxford University Press series: Age of Science & Revolutions, 1600-1800? Or K12's Human Odyssey, Vol. 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 The OUP book is what I was going to suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I put together a mini-study of this period for ds last year because I think the Enlightenment thinkers are so important to later history and current events. We used selections from The Portable Renaissance Reader, Renaissance and Reformation Times, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy (sections in humanism and the scientific revolution), and selections of Spielvogel's Western Civilization (primary sources printed in it, basically). People I made sure to read about and discuss were Petrarch, Boccacio, Machiavelli, Renaissance artists, Borgia, Luther, Calvin, Erasmus, Montesquieu, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Hume, and Newton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thanks, ladies. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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