HIST 202
Spring 2006
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01
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| Course Cluster: Christianity Studies |
This course surveys the history of Europe during the formative period of the modern era, from 1500 to 1800. It focuses on comparative studies of the ideology of politics and society, on the crucial episodes of religious and political conflict during this period, and the social context of adaptive change and innovation in economics, culture, religion, philosophy, political thought and institutions: the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Reformation, the English civil war, the French Revolution, Absolutism and Enlightened Despotism, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the rise of capitalism and plantation slavery. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-Arcp/Hist)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
René Descartes DISCOURSE ON METHOD (Hackett)
Lynn Hunt THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Bedford)
Denis Janz A REFORMATION READER WITH A CD-ROM (Fortress Press)
Bartolomé de Las Casas A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES (Penguin)
John Locke POLITICAL WRITINGS OF JOHN LOCKE (Mentor)
Moses Mendelssohn JERUSALEM (Brandeis)
Anna Maria van Schurman WHETHER A CHRISTIAN WOMAN SHOULD BE EDUCATED
Benedict Spinoza THEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL TREATISE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Mid-term and final examinations; two papers (4pp.); discussion assignments. |
| Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W. Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 45 | | SR major: 15 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 11 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
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