Course Description
Research seminar that will allow graduate students to work extensively on a particular theme in early modern European history, 1350-1815.
Athena Title
EUR SEM 1350-1815
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course will examine the history of Europe between the Renaissance and the era of revolutions. Following an analysis of the major approaches to European social, religious, and political history, we will turn to the place of Europe in the global context, with reference to the Atlantic world, the Islamic world, and the Far East.
Topical Outline
Renaissance Humanism Inquisitions and Persecution Absolutism and Constitutionalism Popular Culture The Era of Revolutions Trade and Consumption in the Atlantic World The European Encounter with Islam Europe and the Far East