The Emergence of Modern Europe (B) - HIST1012

   
   
 
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.