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Video and Podcast Links
“Voltaire’s Candide”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b01gvthf
This BBC podcast discusses Voltaire’s Candide. Discussions are with David Wootton, Nicholas Cronk, and Caroline Warman.
“A Modest Proposal”
https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi2798649881
A 2009 short film based on Jonathan Swift’s famous satire “A Modest Proposal,” from 1729.
Web Links
The Scientific Revolution
http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/
This website, run by University of Florida’s Dr. Robert Hatch, offers a wide variety of primary texts and historical research regarding the Scientific Revolution.
The Glorious Revolution
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/glorious_revolution_01.shtml
The BBC offers an overview of The Glorious Revolution, including the factors leading to its 1688 beginning.