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European miracle
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Etymology
Coined in 1981 by Eric Jones.
Proper noun
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en history economics The rise of Europe to geopolitical dominance during the modern period.
en Great Divergence Rise of the West
en 1999 Between Social Science, Religion and Politics, Essays in Critical Rationalism Hans Albert 205 As Karl Ferdinand Werner has pointed out, the 'European miracle' 'did not take place after the 'Middle Ages' or in spite of the 'Middle Ages', but because of the existence of a Christian world dominated in the West by Catholic doctrines, a world we have become accustomed to call the Middle Ages.'
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