Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern World

1 Unit · Undergraduate

This course introduces majors and non-majors to the history of Europe from roughly 1000-1800. The eight centuries between the medieval Crusades and the Age of Atlantic Revolutions profoundly changed the course of Europe?s history, and the world?s. Topics include: the Crusades, the Black Death, the Renaissance, the Reformations, the Scientific Revolution, colonialism, slavery, and the origins of capitalism.