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Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe - HI751
This module is no longer being offered.
Synopsis
This course is complementary to ‘Politics, War and the State in Early Modern Europe’, covers the same period fo c.1500 to c.1700 and includes England as part of its coverage of Europe. Its themes, are social and cultural history and it will concentrate on the transformations of European life in terms of popular and learned religion, popular and elite culture, magic and witchcraft, the family and the relations between men and women. Students will be invited to consider a wide variety of specialist works and works of syntheses. The ultimate objective is to examine the thesis that the 16th and 17th centuries saw a decisive move towards new social attitudes and economic structures.
Details
Contact hours
3 hours per week
Availability
Also available under code HI749 (Level I)
Method of assessment
60% Exam, 40% Coursework
Preliminary reading
- General works: T. Brady, H. Oberman, J. Tracy (eds.), Handbook of European History, 1400-1600 2 vols.(Grand Rapids 1994). H. Kamen European Society 1500-1700 (London, 1984). D. Nicholas The Transformation of Europe, 1300-1600 (London, 1999). *M. Wiesner-Hanks, Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789 (Cambridge, 2006). E. Cameron (ed.), Early modern Europe; an Oxford History (Oxford, 1999). Area studies: W. Beik, A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France (Cambridge, 2009) R.Scribner & S.Ogilvie (eds.), Germany. A New Social and Economic History, 1450-1800, 2 vols. (London, 1996) J.H. Elliott, Imperial Spain 1469-1716 (1963). M. Prak, The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age (Cambridge, 2005). S. Kettering French Society 1589-1715 (London, 2001). J.Casey, Early modern Spain, a social history (London, 1999). Chr. Black, Early modern Italy, a social history (London, 2001). K. Wrightson, Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain (2000).
Learning outcomes
No information available
Pre-requisites
No pre-requisites