Field Seminar in Early Modern European History (430-2-20)

Instructors

Edward Muir
847/491-3653
Harris Hall - Room 244

Meeting Info

Harris Hall room 101: Tues 9:30AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This seminar is designed to acquaint graduate students with the most significant historical works and the important historical issues in Early Modern European History between circa 1400 and 1800. The course is part of the essential preparation for a graduate field examination in European history. Major topics will include the social and intellectual origins of the Italian Renaissance, the development of modern political thought and diplomacy, the urban foundations of the Protestant Reformation in Germany and Switzerland, the scientific revolution, the historical anthropology of peasant societies and the urban poor, ideas of kingship and absolutism, the Enlightenment and French Revolution, the rise of England, and the social history of women and gender.

Registration Requirements

Graduate students only