Skip to Navigation

Skip to Content

Regional and Topical Surveys

HIST 040 Early Modern Europe, 1450 - 1750

Safley

Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)

This course examines those European developments which contributed to the world we understand as modern. Special emphasis will be placed on the transformation of Europe through the advent of new technologies, the creation of a global economy, the consolidation of territorial states, and the rise of effective, central governments, the dissolution of religious unity, and the dialect between modern and traditional world views.