The Worlds of Early Modern Europe
HST150
Overview
Warning: Mature Content
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Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 1 mean?
Undergraduate Level 1
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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$750.00 (AUD)
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$975.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit examines the early modern world, focusing particularly on the history of everyday life in Europe and its burgeoning colonies. The centuries between 1400 and 1800 witnessed a period of change and dramatic contrasts as the medieval inheritance derived from Classical Antiquity, Islam and the Judeo-Christian tradition confronted successive challenges, while still exerting a deep influence on European culture and society. Students will analyse the contradictory impulses that shaped Europe and its engagement with the wider world between 1400 and 1800. The unit proceeds thematically rather than just chronologically, considering belief systems, family relations, social and cultural practices, values and encounters with Asia, Africa and the New World of America.
Prerequisites
If you have no prior university experience, you should complete SSK12 or SSK13 before starting this unit.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will have:
- familiarity with the ways in which European life altered between the Middle Ages and the French Revolution
- mastery of the basic skills necessary to engage in the investigation of historical problems
- particularly the abilities to locate information evaluate information and to present findings in clear, specific and persuasive arguments.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Europe at the end of the Middle Ages |
| 2 | Community and identity |
| 3 | The sacred and the profane |
| 4 | The material world |
| 5 | Women, men and the family |
| 6 | Policing the boundaries |
| 7 | When worlds collide |
| 8 | A ritual revolution |
| 9 | Carnival and the carnivalesque |
| 10 | Terror and fantasy |
| 11 | The Scientific Revolution |
| 12 | Leviathan rising |
| 13 | Enlightenment |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Textbooks
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is part of a major, minor, stream or specialisation in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
