Lyceum & Book Club - Week 16 - Habsburgs / Netherlands
- Mar 22, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 3, 2022
Hand Outs:
1400s
1500s
1600s
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Time line of Habsburgs up to the end of the 16th Century
Videos:
Austria:
The Rise of Austria & Strengthening of the Hapsburg Monarchy -
France:
The History of the House of Bourbon in the Reformation -
Lecture on the Habsburgs:
Video:
Habsburg Dynasty Family Tree - Useful Charts - 17 min
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Introduction to The Netherlands:
Display Maps:
Write on Board:
The Netherlands is not Denmark.
The Netherlands are not part of Scandinavia; Denmark is part of Scandinavia
The Netherlands is not a Nordic country; Denmark is a Nordic country.
People from the Netherlands are called Dutch or the Dutch people, people from Denmark are called Danes, not Danish (Danish is an adjective, not a noun, except for the language).
Holland is a part (2 out of 12 provinces) of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is not Holland.
Belgium was once part of the Netherlands - southern Netherlands.
The Low Countries consist of the Netherlands,Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Flemish is the native language spoken in Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium.
Dutch language roots come from Low Franconian, the speech of the western Franks.
Danish has the same language roots as Sweden - east Scandinavian.
The Netherlands is majority Protestant, while Belgium (particularly Flanders) is majority Catholic.
Video:
Geography Now! NETHERLANDS - Geography Now - 18.26 min
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Hand Out - Time line
Lecture on Supremacy Rising in Western Liberal States
Lecture on the Netherlands:
The Dutch Golden Era:
We will finish this session with a short video on the history of the Netherlands:
The Animated History of The Netherlands - Suibhne - 7 min
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Book We Are Reading:
Continue reading - "Spinoza: A Life"
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