Freedom and Un-Freedom in Pre-Modern Europe

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores freedom and un-freedom in the pre-modern period: the changing concepts of absolute and partial freedom; religious, civic, and personal freedoms/liberties; tolerance freedom of conscience; restrictions based on age and gender, and on social and physical mobility; and the distinctions between the status of "free" and "unfree" persons. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of the chair.