HIST 641 - Europe after the Black Death

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University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

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Description:

Explores the dramatic changes that characterized Western Europe as it rebounded in the fi fteenth through the seventeenth centuries from the ravages of the Black Death of 1348. Examines the social, political and artistic developments in late medieval and Renaissance Italy before “crossing the Alps” to trace theexpansion of Renaissance culture in Northern Europe. Topics include the humanist movement; new patterns of social organization; the revival of classical antiquity in the arts, architecture, religion and political theory; the eff ects on European society of the encounter with the “New World”; shifting roles for men and womenin early modern European societies; religious war and confl ict. 4 cr.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.unh.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 862-1234

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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