Women in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1750

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, European societies underwent some critical transformations. This lecture/seminar course assesses the impact of those major ideological changes that especially affected women's lives. Was the Protestant Reformation good for women? What was "scientific" and "revolutionary" for women about the Scientific Revolution? Using primary and secondary sources, comparisons are drawn where appropriate among different classes, regions, and times.