Popular Controversies in World History : 1000 C. E. to 1900 C. E.

This volume in ABC-CLIO's Popular Controversies in World History series brings together the pro and con arguments on 15 of the most vexing historical questions from the Dark Ages to the dawn of the 20th century.Popular Controversies in World History: 1000 C.E. to 1900 C.E. ranges around the world and across 1,000 years of human history to explore mysteries that captivate the public and inspire the community of historians. Topics include Norse explorations of the New World, Galileo and the Inquisition, and the "lost dauphin" of the French Revolution. By providing authoritative reasoning to support both sides of these controversies, the work sets the stage for readers to investigate, speculate, and argue for themselves.