1.) Edward Bulwer-Lytton said, "A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power." In what ways was the "Protestant Reformation" a "transfer of power?" How was it a "correction of abuses?" Read 95 Thesis Martin Luther etc.
2.) According to your evaluation of these authors and others, do the supposed benefits of a monarchy outweigh the dangers involved with having a king?
3.) According to these selections, how are religion and science compatible? How do they conflict?
4.) What were some of the fundamental ways Imperialism affected ordinary Europeans? Did these effects change society at is core, or is it still the ‘same old Europe'?