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Cursus: GE2V16004
GE2V16004
Introduction to Early Modern History (1500-1800)
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeGE2V16004
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
Insight into the three subject areas (state-building, socio-economic developments and cultural and religious developments) and their mutual relationship. Insight into relevant historiographical debates; training of research and writing skills.
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Please note: This course is exclusively intended for students of the History track in English and for exchange students. You will be assigned to a seminar group by the degree programme.
 
Developments during the early modern period, which spans from roughly the late fifteenth to late eighteenth century, laid the foundations for present-day Europe. States took on recognisable forms, merchants discovered new markets within and outside of Europe, and the Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment yielded new insights and worldviews. The Early Modern Period course focuses on three, often closely intertwined, subject areas: state-building, socio-economic developments and cultural and religious developments. For example: how is state-building connected to the emergence of new military tactics and technologies? What was the impact of overseas expansion by European nations? How did the Reformation and state-building become intertwined? In the early Modern Period course, students will seek to find answers to these and other questions.
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