Modern History II

(2 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course explores modern history in France during the XVII century. The two halves of the course focus on daily life for residents in the countryside and the powers of the crown, illustrating a detailed image of religious rituals, eating habits, sanitary crises, taxes, and life in Versailles. Mode of evaluation is through a written essay (in the TD) and oral exam (in the CM) The Counter Revolution will be studied in particular to show its immediate implications, namely the religious and political resistance to the Revolution and the civil war that ravaged the West of France, known as the Vendee War. Studying the Counter Revolution will enrich the definition of the Revolution, one cannot be conceived without the other.