The Western Tradition
Season 1, episode 32: Absolutism and the Social Contract. Playback is hosted by an external player.
Episodes
- Season 1, episode 1The Dawn of History
- Season 1, episode 2The Ancient Egyptians
- Season 1, episode 3Mesopotamia
- Season 1, episode 4From Bronze to Iron
- Season 1, episode 5The Rise of Greek Civilization
- Season 1, episode 6Greek Thought
- Season 1, episode 7Alexander the Great
- Season 1, episode 8The Hellenistic Age
- Season 1, episode 9The Rise of Rome
- Season 1, episode 10The Roman Empire
- Season 1, episode 11Early Christianity
- Season 1, episode 12The Rise of the Church
- Season 1, episode 13The Decline of Rome
- Season 1, episode 14The Fall of Rome
- Season 1, episode 15The Byzantine Empire
- Season 1, episode 16The Fall of Byzantium
- Season 1, episode 17The Dark Ages
- Season 1, episode 18The Age of Charlemagne
- Season 1, episode 19The Middle Ages
- Season 1, episode 20The Feudal Order
- Season 1, episode 21Common Life in the Middle Ages
- Season 1, episode 22Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
- Season 1, episode 23The Late Middle Ages
- Season 1, episode 24The National Monarchies
- Season 1, episode 25Renaissance & the Age of Discovery
- Season 1, episode 26Renaissance & the New World
- Season 1, episode 27The Reformation
- Season 1, episode 28The Rise of the Middle Class
- Season 1, episode 29The Wars of Religion
- Season 1, episode 30The Rise of the Trading Cities
- Season 1, episode 31The Age of Absolutism
- Season 1, episode 32Absolutism and the Social Contract
- Season 1, episode 33The Enlightened Despots
- Season 1, episode 34The Enlightenment
- Season 1, episode 35The Enlightenment and Society
- Season 1, episode 36The Modern Philosophers
- Season 1, episode 37The American Revolution
- Season 1, episode 38The American Republic
- Season 1, episode 39The Death of the Old Regime
- Season 1, episode 40The French Revolution
- Season 1, episode 41The Industrial Revolution
- Season 1, episode 42The Industrial World
- Season 1, episode 43Revolution and Romantics
- Season 1, episode 44The Age of the Nation-States
- Season 1, episode 45A New Public
- Season 1, episode 46Fin de Siècle
- Season 1, episode 47The First World War and the Rise of Fascism
- Season 1, episode 48The Second World War
- Season 1, episode 49The Cold War
- Season 1, episode 50Europe and the Third World
- Season 1, episode 51The Technological Revolution
- Season 1, episode 52Toward the Future