HIST202

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HIST202

Early Modern Europe HIST202 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	60	14	Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-4:00PM;	No	No

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

This introductory course surveys the history of Europe during the formative period of the modern era from 1500 to 1800. It covers the major religious, intellectual, economic and political movements of these crucial centuries: the Reformation and Counter Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, the English civil war, Louis XIV and absolutism, the rise of capitalism, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution. 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

Erasmus, COLLOQUIES (selections)
Luther, ADDRESS TO THE CHRISTIAN NOBILITY OF THE GERMAN
NATION
More, UTOPIA
Montaigne, ESSAYS ("Of Cannibals, "Of Coaches")
Shakespeare, THE TEMPEST
Bacon, THE NEW ATLANTIS
Lope de Vega, FUENTE OVEJUNA
Descartes, DISCOURSE ON METHOD
Voltaire, PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS (selections)
Rousseau, DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY AMONG MEN
Kant, IDEA FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A
COSMOPOLITAN POINT OF VIEW
Diderot, RAMEAU'S NEPHEW
Burke, REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE
Wollstonecraft, VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-term and final test; two papers (4 pp.); discussion assignments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Vann, R; Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 2, So: 2, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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