HIST 332 - Early Modern Europe

3 Credit Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Laboratory Hours

In this class, you will study the staggering historical changes that Europe underwent during the early modern period (c.1400-1800), affecting not only the big picture but also the daily lives of ordinary people. Governments developed into nation-states that tried to exert unprecedented control over the lives of their subject. European interaction with places around the globe introduced a huge number of new ideas, products, and problems. Major upheavels in religious, philosophical and academic thought introduced new ways of understanding the world. The class will focus on reading and discussing original historical sources and the works of modern scholars and will include an independent research project.

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.