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Made of glass and iron, this building held a famous industrial fair in 1851 Great Britain.
Published in 1776, this famous economic work discussed the ideas of rational self-interest in a free market economy.
This demographer and political economist believed that population would eventually outrun the food supply.
This act passed in 1799 and repealed in 1824 prohibited trade unions and outlawed collective bargaining by British workers.
They experienced a “golden age” in the 17th century in part due to an economy based on shipping and commerce.
The emergence of this critter contributed to a reduction of the bubonic plague.
These English kings made up the buns of the Cromwell sandwich.
This group of people in Eastern Europe successfully challenged the power of monarchs and increased serfdom.
This picture demonstrates the use of perspective which was characteristic of this artistic period.
Members of this order of priests are known for their education, vow of loyalty to the pope, and dedication to furthering the Catholic faith.
In his book, Institutes of the Christian Religion, this religious theologian argued that God’s grace is bestowed on only the few who are predestined for salvation.
When the pope refused to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII of England started this form of Protestantism.
Henry of Navarre, born a Protestant, famously uttered these words before converting to Catholicism to promote peace in his realm.
These two countries pioneered the Agricultural Revolution in Western Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Primary factor leading to the population explosion of the 18th century.
Like most modern families, pre-industrial western and Central European families consisted of only parents and their children. This form should not be confused with the same term denoting a particularly powerful sort of bomb.
Radical in their politics, we know these working people of Paris by their lack of fancy pants.
While they threatened to fry up Marie Antoinette’s liver, the women who marched on Versailles in October, 1789 were actually trying to ensure the king’s support for this important document that began the movement towards a constitutional regime in France.
Napoleon’s economic plan to defeat the “nation of shopkeepers”.
Members of this political club dominated France during the period known as the “Terror”.
Nationalist guerilla resistance to Napoleon’s rule in this country forced him to keep a large number of troops there, contributing to his inability to crush Russia in 1812.
