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Power, Culture & Belief In Europe 1500 - 1800

Key information

  • Module code:

    4AAH1004

  • Level:

    4

  • Semester:

      Full Year

  • Credit value:

    30

Module description

 The modules offered in each academic year are subject to change in line with staff availability and student demand: there is no guarantee every module will run. Module descriptions and information may vary between years.

This Group 1 module provides an exploration of some of the chief themes in the history of continental Europe from the beginning of the sixteenth century until the end of the French Revolution. It concentrates chiefly on the structures of society -- demographic, economic, social, political, cultural, and intellectual -- and the way these changed over time through a series of events and major trends. By looking at the period in a structural as well as a chronological way, the module aims to provide students with an understanding of the most important forces acting on the social fabric as a whole and how that leads ultimately to the major changes in society evident from a comparison of Europe in 1500 and 1800. The module is constructed so that students first gain a grounding in the structures shaping society throughout the period and then examine important themes acting upon those structures, in particular belief, the state, and the realm of ideas. Although lectures and classes will stress large themes, they also focus on specific examples and documents in order to clarify the material and the diversity of European society in the period.

 

Assessment details

1 x 3 hour examination (100%)

Teaching pattern

20 x 1-hour lectures (weekly); 20 x 1-hour seminars (weekly)

Department

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