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Early Modern Europe
HIST202 SP

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

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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