Course Description
The causes and course of Europe's first modern revolution and its reconfiguration by Napoleon Bonaparte. Students will read primary sources and a rich contemporary historiography which illuminate official and popular efforts to reshape government, society, and culture. Taught as a seminar with extensive readings.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional readings, paper assignments, and meetings with instructor.
Athena Title
FR REV & EMPIRE
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
The Old Regime From Reform to Revolution From Liberalism to Radicalism Republic and Terror The Struggle to End the Revolution Wrestling with the Revolution's Legacy
Syllabus