UNSW Handbook Course - The Emergence of Modern Europe (B)

The Emergence of Modern Europe (B) - HIST1012


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Contact: Graham,Hamish Douglas
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Investigates major themes in the history of early modern Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics may include the consolidation of 'absolute' monarchies, the intellectual challenges of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the emergence of a more literate and secular society, the lives and beliefs of 'ordinary people', and the prospects for reform of the 'Old Regime' in the late 18th century.

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