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History - Early Modern European

Encompasses the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, French Revolution, and Age of Discovery.

Scientific & French Revolutions

Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries - This site offers is a collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries. The information was compiled by the late Richard S. Westfall, Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. There are key facts about each individual and their contributions to science.

Exploring the French Revolution - This site serves as a useful and lively introduction to the French Revolution as well as a repository of many key documents from the era.

The Scientific Revolution - Professor Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida has created a diverse and engaging introduction to the Scientific Revolution. He provides an overview and background to the Scientific Revolution, bibliographic essays, outlines, timelines, a glossary, biographies of major sources, well organized links to primary and secondary sources, manuscript and archive sources, and books on-line.

Scientific Revolution - A website hosted and maintained by Fordham University that offers online information for many periods of world history.  The link here is to the website's section on the Scientific Revolution.

French Revolution - A website hosted and maintained by Fordham University that offers online information for many periods of world history.  The link here is to the website's section on the French Revolution.