Module Details

Module Code: HIST H8010
Full Title: Early Modern Europe: 1450-1700
Valid From:: Semester 2 - 2022/23 ( January 2023 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Annaleigh Margey
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: This module provides a broad survey of the cultural, political, religious, economic, social and intellectual forces that shaped Europe in the early modern period. Focusing on key areas such as Renaissance, Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Conquest and Colonisation, Rebellion, Revolution and State Formation, students will be introduced to key concepts in the history of Europe. Taking a chronological and thematic approach, students will be encouraged to engage with this history through focused lectures, directed readings and primary source materials that will cultivate an understanding of the period.
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Distinguish the main events in the history of early modern Europe
MLO2 Discuss the complex forces – social, religious, political and economic – that have shaped early modern Europe
MLO3 Analyse original historical documents of the early modern period
MLO4 Propose the place of early modern Ireland in this European framework
MLO5 Compare developments (political, social and cultural) across several European states.
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Module Indicative Content
Module Summary
This module provides a broad survey of the cultural, political, religious, economic, social and intellectual forces that shaped Europe in the early modern period. Focusing on key areas such as Renaissance, Reformation, Rebellion, Revolution and State Formation, students will be introduced to key concepts in the history of Europe. Taking a chronological and thematic approach, students will be encouraged to engage with this history through focused lectures, directed readings and primary source materials that will cultivate an understanding of the period.
The Rise of Early Modern Europe
• Europe at the beginning of the 15th century: politics, society and economy • Printing • Renaissance • Reformation • Counter-Reformation • Scientific Revolution
War and the early modern state
• Dynastic States • The Holy Roman Empire • The French Wars of Religion • The Dutch Revolt • The Thirty Years' War
Society and early modern Europe
• Tolerance and persecution • Life in Early Modern Europe • Witchcraft • Gender
State-building and early modern Europe
• The Ottoman Empire • Early Modern Russia • The rise of Britain • The Dutch Republic • Abolutism and Louis XVI • Europe in 1700 • European Empires: European expansion in Africa, Asia and the Americas
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work50.00%
Final Examination50.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Continuous Assessment % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will be asked to complete one mid-term assignment that will account for 50% of their grade
No Project
No Practical
Final Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination

Part-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will be asked to complete one mid-term assignment that will account for 50% of their grade.
No Project
No Practical
Final Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 50
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
n/a
Reassessment Requirement
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Merry Weisner-Hanks. (2013), Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789, 2nd. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Beat Kumin. (2017), The European World 1500-1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History, 3rd. Routledge, Abingdon, [ISBN: 9781138119147].
  • Euan Cameron. (2001), Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Richard Bonney. (1991), The European Dynastic States 1494-1660, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • John Merriman. (2009), A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Age of Napoleon, W. W. Norton & Company, New York.
  • Hamish Scott (editor). (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 Volume II: Cultures and Power, Oxford University Press, Oxford, [ISBN: 9780199597260].
  • Hamish Scott (editor). (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 Volume I: Peoples and Place, Oxford University Press, Oxford, [ISBN: 9780199597253].
  • John Hale. (2000), Renaissance Europe 1480-1520, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester.
  • Tim Blanning. (2007), The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815, Viking Adult, New York.
  • Henry Kamen. (2000), Early Modern European Society, Routledge, Abingdon.
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