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Early Modern Europe
HIST202 FA

This introductory course surveys the history of Europe during the formative period of the modern era from 1500 to 1800. It focuses on the curcial 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

Merriman, A HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE, Vol I
READINGS IN WESTERN CIVILATION, Vols. 5,7.
Bainton, THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Cortes, FIVE LETTERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Machiavelli, THE PRINCE AND THE DISCOURSES
de Tocqueville, THE OLD REGIME AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Woloch, EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE
Barker, ed., SOCIAL CONTRACT: LOCKE, HUME, ROUSSEAU
Hobbes, LEVIATHAN
Rousseau, FIRST AND SECOND DISCOURSES
Burke, REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE
Paine, RIGHTS OF MAN
Lefebvre, THE COMING OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Moore, Jr., SOCIAL ORIGINS OF DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-term and final examination; two papers (4pp.); 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: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W.   
Times: ..T.T.. 10:00AM-11:20AM;     Location: PAC422
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 50)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major: 13   Jr. non-major: 13   SO: 12   FR: 12

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Writing

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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