Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era and their impact on French society, Europe and the world. Topics include experimentation with political systems; the changing fortunes of nobles, women, and the peasantry among others; cultural shifts and creativity; the Terror, war and violence; the Haitian Revolution and the abolition of slavery; and the export of revolutionary institutions and values through conquest and empire.