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The period from 1450 to 1800 was a golden age of fraud, violence, and other crime in Europe--not to mention activities we no longer consider criminal, or even possible, like heresy and witchcraft. This course examines the rich and often bizarre records of this criminality, in court records and in fiction, in order to understand how early modern societies, and rulers' attempts to police them, functioned and failed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine organization, practices, doctrines, and role in society of the Roman Catholic Church from the time it emerged into legality under the Emperor Constantine to its uneasy reconciliation with the Emperor Napolean a millenium and a half later. Questions investigated include: missionary endeavors; dissent and heresy; the changing nature of the papacy, espiscopacy, priesthood, and religious orders; church-state relations; gender roles; and theologians and universities.
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3.00 Credits
For over a thousand years, these two great monotheistic religions, and the civilizations built upon them, have challenged each other throughout the globe. This course examines in particular the clash between Christianity and Islam in Europe and the Near East.
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3.00 Credits
Primary emphasis will be placed on the rise of customary law, from its roots in ancient times until the modern era.
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3.00 Credits
Law shapes the social order, and social order and society shapes the law. This course will discuss the legal principles that the first Americans brought from England and discover how the American experience has shaped the nation's legal system.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how and why warfare effected western societies. It will look at the traditional components of military history but will also examine the wider issues concerning the way warfare has influenced politics, social arrangements, economics, and technology.
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3.00 Credits
A study and analysis of the phenomenon of war in the West from the Ancient World to the Enlightenment, with a special emphasis not only on how and why warfare affected society and brought about changes in politics but also on how soldiers lived their lives and did their duty.
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3.00 Credits
World War II was, simply put, "the largest single event in human history." This course will examine its causes, course and consequences. While the military aspects of the conflict will be discussed in detail, the human factors, political realities and social effects will also be covered.
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3.00 Credits
A study and analysis of the phenomenon of war in the Western World from the Age of Napoleon to the present, with special emphasis upon the interrelationship between international conflict and social, political, and technological change.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the history of American foreign relations from the American Revolution to WWI. This is a study of the nation's exercise of sovereignty in foreign affairs, its rise to world power, and the internal and external conflicts that resulted.
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