HIST 271 Early Modern Europe
From the dawn of the Renaissance in fourteenth-century Italy to the eve of the French Revolution. This course investigates the major intellectual questions of the era from Dante to Rousseau, as well as the shaping of the modern state from the Burgundian Court to Robert Walpole and the birth of modern politics. The European expansion and the growth of prosperity provide a background for the study of evolving European social life. Prerequisite: HIST 201, 202, 210, or 211. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite
Successful completion of
HIST 201, 202, 210, or 211 is required before taking
HIST 271.