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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Excluded: HIST1011, HIST1012
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Description
Explores the principal themes in the history of early modern Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the eve of the French Revolution. The central concern will be the major forces for change over this period. These may include such intellectual developments as the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, and such social and political developments as the emergence of towns and the centralised absolute state. The impact of these changes on the life of the masses will also be a focus, with discussion of such topics as population and climate change, and popular beliefs like witchcraft.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand better the historical background that shaped such major political institutions as the state, and the extent to which it has evolved and will continue to evolve in response to changing circumstances
- Reflect on the development of the major sets of ideas and their associated movements in the early modern period, and the tensions and conflicts that such a mentality generated and continues to generate
- Understand the origins of ideas of hierarchy and social inequality, and the way in which these have been both strengthened and challenged historically
- Employ the techniques required to interrogate a variety of source materials to explain the problems and advantages of working with each, and to describe their role in the process of historical explanation. By so doing the course will promote the skills required to locate, evaluate and use relevant information
- Distinguish narrative from interpretation, and to demonstrate the function of each. Linked to this will be the promotion of a greater independence of judgement in dealing with conflicting interpretations on major issues and the ability to engage in independent and reflective learning
- Demonstrate critical and analytical skills in the handling of both primary and secondary sources, and the deploying of such sources to sustain clear and valid arguments both in writing and in discussion.
Assessment
- Essay - 30%
- Tutorial exercises - 40%
- End of session test - 20%
- Class participation - 10%
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