2010-2011 Academic Catalog

May 09, 2025

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 228 - Early Modern Britain

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion

This course will cover the major political, economic, cultural, social, religious and intellectual developments in Britain from rise of the Tudor dynasty in the fifteenth century through the eighteenth century, at which time the British Empire dominated world politics. We will pay particular attention to the emergence of modern monarchy, the Protestant Reformations, the English Civil War, the Financial Revolution, and the beginnings of empire. We will examine how the four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland came to be Britain and how a British identity emerged. We will also examine the relationships between major events and shifts in English society and culture, including the changing roles of women, the increasing dominance of the middle class and its affect on elite society and culture.

Cross Listed: HIST 328

Instructor: Ms. Kushner

When Offered: Offered periodically

Faculty: Nina Kushner, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History