Spring 2013

Early Modern Europe

Listed in: European Studies, as EUST-125  |  History, as HIST-125

Formerly listed as: EUST-48  |  HIST-04

Faculty

Margaret R. Hunt (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as HIST 125 [EUP] and EUST 125.) This introductory survey covers Western, Central and Eastern Europe and the European parts of the Ottoman Empire during the period from approximately 1500 to 1800.  It looks at the main political developments of the period, with special attention to court culture, rebellions and revolutions, colonial expansion and contraction, and the clash of states and empires. It examines new developments in long-distance trade, agriculture, industry, finance, warfare, media and the arts, and their impact on social life, politics and the environment. It looks at the emergent slave systems of Europe and her colonies as well as the Ottoman Empire. And it analyzes religious conflict and accommodation with respect to Catholics, Protestants, the Eastern Orthodox, Jews, Muslims and “non-believers.” The course aims to uncover the political, ethnic and religious diversity of Early Modern Europe as well as to plumb the roots of present-day conflicts and controversies about the historical definition of “Europe” and “Europeans.” Two class meetings per week.

Spring semester. Professor Hunt.

HIST 125 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM MEAD 115
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM MEAD 115

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789 Cambridge, 2006 M. Wiesner-Hanks Amherst Books TBD
Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 Cambridge U Press, 2005 D. Quataert 2nd edition Amherst Books TBD
Ottoman Lyric Poetry U of Texas, 1997 Andrews, Black & Kalpakli, eds. Amherst Books TBD
Last Day: Wrath, Ruin and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earth Amherst Books TBD
Age of Reason Amherst Books TBD
Short History of the French Revolution, 5th edition Amherst Books TBD
Pocket Style Manual, 5th edition Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2013