GEO 217 ,218 - Revolution & the Birth of Modern Europe

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Muhlenberg College

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A comparative overview of an era of violently dramatic change, one marked by an unprecedented incidence of revolts and reactions across the European continent, in the low countries, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, and elsewhere. Monarchs were unseated and restored, republics instituted and destroyed, a Worker's International proclaimed and challenged, and many lives were lost in the processfrom that of the Bourbon King Louis XVI to the Spartacist Rosa Luxemburg's. A new mass society was forming, founded increasingly on respect for the rule of law and patience with democracy. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 218 only).

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.muhlenberg.edu

Phone Number:

(484) 664-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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