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MHIS121: The Worlds of Early Modern Europe
The unit examines the Early Modern world, focusing particularly on the history of everyday life in Europe and its burgeoning colonies. The centuries between 1400 and 1800 witnessed a period of change and dramatic contrasts as the medieval inheritance of classical antiquity, Islam and the Judeo-Christian tradition confronted successive challenges while still exerting a deep influence on European culture and society. Students analyse the contradictory impulses that shaped Europe and its engagement with the wider world between 1400 and 1800. We study the Early Modern world from below, that is by examining the daily lives of ordinary people, through a focus on belief systems, familial relations, social and cultural practices, politics, values, attitudes and encounters with the New World of America.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Mary Spongberg |
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| NCCW(s): | HIST189 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security |
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