Eighteenth-Century Europe: Politics, Society and Culture

3 credits · Undergraduate

The course explores the major political, social, intellectual and artistic developments of eighteenth-century continental Europe. Topics of special interest will include: the emergence of the great powers; property, the underprivileged and reform; literacy and education; art and culture; religious observance and beliefs; the Enlightenment; and the crisis of the old order leading to the French Revolution. PREREQUISITES: RECOMMENDED: HIST 1004X/Y.06, or HIST 1020.03 and HIST 1021.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Discussion