Course Description
The experiences, challenges, and achievements of women in early modern Europe. Perceptions of women--religious, literary, political, and social. Through such study, we can learn more both about women and about how society functioned and responded to change.
Athena Title
WOMEN EARL MOD EUR
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. read a wide range of primary and secondary sources critically. 2. polish skills in critical thinking, including the ability to recognize the difference between opinion and evidence, and the ability to evaluate--and support or refute--arguments effectively. 3. write stylistically appropriate and mature papers and essays using processes that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, editing, and polishing the finished papers.
Topical Outline
I Sex and Gender in History II Religious Women III Noblewomen IV Rural Women V City Women VI Did Women Have a Renaissance? Women & Historical Change
Syllabus