CLHUMHI003 - Early Modern European History: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
From the Renaissance to the age of Enlightenment, early modern Europe experienced a radical rethinking of many aspects of civilization including art, science, religion, political organization and more. The ideas that emerged over these four centuries continue to shape our modern context today, with all its complexities and contradictions. Historian Wil McCorquodale, Ph.D., provides a survey of this transformative period from the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. This course reviews the classical and medieval foundations of this age and examines the Renaissance, the Reformation, European trading empires, state-building and the case of Russia and France, the “English exception,” the Enlightenment and the ushering in of the modern age. This class also considers how early modern European history has shaped the aspirations and limitations of the European Union today.
Course Details
Wil McCorquodale, Ph.D., has taught history courses at Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Houston Community College and The Art Institute of Houston, including European history, U.S. history and world civilization. He has also served as a visiting history professor at Tulane University. Dr. McCorquodale received his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and his doctorate in European history from The University of Texas at Austin.
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