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After the Black Death: Europe 1348 - 1789
Undergraduate | MAQ-MHIX121 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Register the shockwaves caused by the plague that killed over a third of Europe's population. See sickness give way to the Renaissance. Witness the Enlightenment. Track the ways life in Europe changed from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- -
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After the Black Death: Europe 1348 - 1789
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will:
- understand and explain the extent to which European life altered between the Middle Ages and the French Revolution.
- analyze and assess the impact that various events, movements, and ideas had on European societies and cultures during the early modern period.
- read, evaluate, and ask questions of a variety of primary source documents.
- synthesize their understanding and analysis into clear, specific, historical arguments presented in grammatically correct writing with appropriate references.
- engage with staff and other students in critical, open, and evidence-based classroom/online discussions.
- The Medieval Legacy
- A Century of Crisis
- Renaissance
- The Natural World
- New Worlds
- The Sacred and the Profane
- Intimate Lives
- Reformation
- The Social World
- Leviathan
- The Scientific Revolution
- Enlightenment
This subject was previously known as MHIX121 The Worlds of Early Modern Europe.
In 1348 an horrific pandemic struck western Europe. The Black Death killed between one-third and one-half of the European population and threatened the collapse of Europe's glittering medieval civilization. This subject explores what happened next. Over the next four-and-one-half centuries, Europe experienced a period of dramatic and enduring change, out which many features of the modern, western world emerged. Beginning with the horrors of the Black Death, this era witnessed the splendor of the Renaissance, violent religious disputes and changes, the challenge of the new world of the Americas, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and closed with the bloodshed and upheaval of the French Revolution.
- Document Analysis (20%)
- Reflective Journal (20%)
- Short Paper (20%)
- Final Synoptic Paper (40%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
one of
- MUR-BAR100-Academic Learning Skills
- SWI-COM10006-Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice
MUR-ISU110 (Not currently available)
MUR-ISU103 (Not currently available)
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
MAQ-HST150 (Not currently available)
Others
If you have no prior university experience, you should complete BAR100 Academic Learning Skills or COM10006 Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice before starting this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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