HIST 321 The Age of Monarchy: 17th and 18th Century Europe

A study of European society, politics, and culture in the 'early modern' period, from the age of Religious Wars through the American War of Independence and the French Revolution. Topics include the rise of modern nation-states, absolute monarchs, constitutional governments, the spread of printing, the Enlightenment and its critics, changing patterns and practices of daily life, traditional religion in an emerging scientific culture, and Europe's colonial settlements.