HSTY 246 - People and the Land in Pre-Modern Europe

Institution:

Case Western Reserve University

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Description:

This course explores the relationship between the peoples of Europe and their environments as Europe changed from a backwater of the Roman Empire into the seat of a number of globe-spanning empires. It examines how Europeans changed the land over time in order to derive a subsistence, produce profit, and, later, to fuel the growth and power of early modern state. The course will delve into the ways that Europeans thought about nature and conceived of their place in it. It will also explore how the environment itself influenced the courses of European societies; how climate and disease, animals and energy sources affected population growth, industrial activity, and even legal systems. As European powers sent their conquerors and colonists across the globe, they carried with them a tradition of thinking about, and interacting with, the environment in ways that had dramatic consequences for the world beyond Europe, and this course investigates whence this tradition came.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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