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Academic Year 2000/2001


Early Modern Europe
HIST 202 SP

Clusters:
Christian Studies

This introductory course surveys the history of Europe during the formative period of the modern era from 1500 to 1800. It focuses on the crucial episodes of religious and political conflict in these centuries, while also highlighting key intellectual, cultural, and economic developments: the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Reformation, the English civil war, the French Revolution, court culture, the scientific revolution, the rise of capitalism and plantation slavery, and the Enlightenment. Required for the European History concentration, this course also provides essential historical grounding for any student interested in study abroad or in modern culture and politics.

MAJOR READINGS

Selected writings by Erasmus, Martin Luther, Jean Calvin, the Anabaptists, Ignatius Loyola, Galileo, the Levellers, John Locke, Voltaire, Tom Paine, Edmund Burke, and other primary sources from the period; textbooks by Jensen, REFORMATION EUROPE; Kishlansky, A MONARCHY TRANSFORMED: BRITAIN 1603-1714; and Doyle, OXFORD HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two papers (4 pp.); midterm and final tests; discussion assignments.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Nussdorfer,Laurie   
Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: PAC004
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 40)
SR. major: 4   Jr. major: 4
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO: 16   FR: 16

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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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