The Western tradition. Programs 29-30

"A 52 part (two semester) television course on the cultural and philosophical history of western civilization. Programs 29 and 30 deal with the religious wars between Protestants and Catholics that devastated much of Europe during the early seventeenth century. During the same period trading began to transform European politics and economics."@en
"Program 29. Discusses Europe as devastated by wars of religion that tie unity of religion to unity of state power. Church property is used to strengthen the crown. Program 30. Covers the transformation of European economy as economic centers and lines of communication link into a new economy based on the trading center cities."@en
"Program 29. Discusses Europe devastated by wars of religion. Program 30. Covers the transformation of European economy, illustrating how its cities prospered from a combination of geographical assets and religious tolerance. It was also a great age for scientific discoveries."@en