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Pre-1800 History Courses

The courses listed below can be used to satisfy the pre-1800 temporal breadth requirements of the History Major, Honours, and Joint Honours programs.

Occasionally, students may be permitted to satisfy the pre-1800 temporal breadth requirement with a course that does not appear on this list but nevertheless consists of appropriate historical content (e.g., a topics course, or a thematic course with different chronological foci depending on the expertise of the instructors who offer it). In such cases, a student should submit the course syllabus to the Undergraduate Program Director for review and documented approval that this version of the course meets the pre-1800 criterion.

HIST 200. Introduction to African History.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D

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HIST 205. Ancient Mediterranean History.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 275.

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HIST 207. Jewish History: 400 B.C.E. to 1000.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An overview of Jewish history from the period of Ezra and Nehemiah to the death of Hai Gaon, c. 1035. Focus on the experience of the Jews in Hellenistic and Islamic civilizations. Topics include Jewish sects, rabbinic literature in its various genres, the Karaite schism, and the rise of the Gaonate.
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken JWST 216

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HIST 208. Introduction to East Asian History.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-208D

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HIST 209. Introduction to South Asian History.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Charts the making of South Asian civilization, 2500 BCE- 1707 CE, through a selection of key themes and major trends. Focus on the transformation of local kinship ties into regional kingdoms and empires, the evolution of religion and the legacy of the expansion of Islam and consequent rise of Turkish, Afghan and Mughal empires in this area.

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HIST 212. Medieval Europe.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the history and culture(s) of Europe in the Middle Ages.

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HIST 214. Early Modern Europe.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Survey of European history from the Late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-215D

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HIST 223. Indigenous Peoples and Empires.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.

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HIST 250. Making Great Britain and Ireland.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Survey of the development of the multinational state in the British Isles and Ireland from antiquity to the seventeenth century revolutions. Emphasis on state making and ethnicity formation in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as English overseas territories in Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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HIST 275. Ancient Roman History.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of Roman history from the foundation of Rome to the fall of the Roman Empire.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken HIST 205.

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HIST 308. Formation of Chinese Tradition.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the multiple sources of the Chinese imperial system from the period of the neolithic culture interaction sphere to the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E. Special attention is paid to socio-economic developments as well as to the evolution of philosophy, ideology, and social practice. The sequel to this course is HIST 358.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 208 recommended

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HIST 319. The Scientific Revolution.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The intellectual and cultural history of science and technology, in Europe and in the wider world, from the time of Leonardo to the time of Newton (c. 1500-c.1700).
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 212, HIST 214, HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 226, HIST 238, HIST 249 or HIST 250 recommended.

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HIST 323. History and Sexuality 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. The cultural meanings and social institutions that create the historical context for sexual behaviours. Possible topics include: Greek homosocial and homosexual culture; sex and citizenship; wives and concubines in the ancient world; Christianity and aestheticism; misogyny and gender in Medieval Europe; adultery and lineage.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 212, HIST 214, HIST 249, HIST 275 or HIST 250 recommended.

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HIST 325. Renaissance-Reformation Europe.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of Western Europe from the late 14th to the end of the 16th century. Topics will include the Renaissance, in and outside Italy, the Reformations, the religious wars of the 16th century and the Scientific Revolution.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-325D
  • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 212 recommended.

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HIST 332. Women in Europe, 1350-1700.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to concepts of women and the realities of women's lives in western Europe from the Black Death to ca. 1700. Topics will include marriage and the family, female education and literacy, varieties of spirituality and the emergence of a proto-feminism during the Renaissance.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 212 recommended.

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HIST 333. Indigenous Peoples and French.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Encounters between Indigenous Peoples and French newcomers in Canada and other parts of North America, 16th - 18th century. Through an examination of exploration, Catholic missions, trade, military alliances and colonization, the course focuses on the motives, outlooks and actions of both Indigenous Peoples and Europeans.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202, HIST 214, or HIST 223 recommended.

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HIST 334. History of New France.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Social, political, and cultural history of France's ancien régime settlement colonies in North America. Topics include the nature of the absolutist colonial state and French imperialism; society; family; the Church; gender; and religion.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 214 recommended.

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HIST 345. History of Italian Renaissance.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the economy, society, politics and intellectual developments in Italy from approximately 1300 to the early 16th century.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 212 or HIST 214 recommended.

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HIST 350. Science and the Enlightenment.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Explores the relationship between the natural sciences and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Examination of works in post-Newtonian science as well as their broader cultural meaning, the history of material practices, the origins of social science, and the role of geography and international context beyond Western Europe.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215 or HIST 238 recommended.

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HIST 356. Medicine in the Medieval West.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The history of ideas about the human body, disease and therapeutics and the diverse practices of medicine in western Europe in the Middle Ages (ca. AD 300-1500), with particular attention to their social, intellectual, cultural and religious context.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 212, HIST 214 or HIST 249 recommended.

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HIST 358. China's Middle Empires.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Developments of China's middle empires, ca. 600-1300 CE. Studies changing international relations, rapid commercialization, religious developments, the rise of the civil service examination system, and ensuing social change.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-308D
  • Prerequisite: HIST 208 recommended.

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HIST 362. Byzantine History and Historiography.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Examines the political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of the 1000-year story of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine empire, as well as its posterity.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 212 or HIST 275 recommended.

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HIST 365. China's Early Empires.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Considers China's early imperial period, from ca. 300 BCE to ca. 100 CE, including changing political, social, and economic institutions, court and intellectual life, population management, foreign relations, urban transformations, and textual and material culture. Introduction to the major historiographical sources covering the period, and to newly excavated texts, artifacts, and sites.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-325D
  • Prerequisite: HIST 208 recommended.

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HIST 368. Greek History: Classical Period.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The Classical period of Greek history, from the end of the Persian wars to the death of Alexandra the Great (479-323 BC).
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, CLAS 201 or CLAS 203 recommended.

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HIST 369. Greek History: Early Greece.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Historical study of the period from the Mycenean Age to the end of the Archaic Age.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, CLAS 201 or CLAS 203 recommended.

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HIST 375. Rome: Republic to Empire.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Roman history from the Gracchi to the death of the emperor Nero, 133 BCE to 68 CE. The collapse of the Roman republic, the reorganization of the Roman state under Augustus, and the Roman empire and society under the early emperors.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 275, HIST 207 or CLAS 201 recommended.

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HIST 376. Fall of the Roman Empire.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Transformation of the Roman world, 1st-7th CE. Considers various perspectives and narratives of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire based on historical and material evidence.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 205, HIST 275, HIST 212 or CLAS 201 recommended.

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HIST 380. The Medieval Mediterranean .

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Thematic history of the Mediterranean during the Medieval period, covering elements of Latin, Byzantine and Islamic civilizations and their interactions.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 212, HIST 214 or permission of instructor

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HIST 383. Eighteenth-Century Britain.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Cultural, intellectual, political, economic and social history of Britain and Ireland in the eighteenth century; the era of the creation of the United Kingdom and the rise of a great commercial and imperial power.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 383 and HIST 384 prior to 2005.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor.

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HIST 390. Eighteenth-Century France.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The political, social, and cultural history of France, from the accession of Louis XV (1715) to the rise of Napoleon (1799), including the French Revolution.
  • A reading knowledge of French is highly recommended.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 215 or HIST 225 or permission of Instructor

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HIST 391. Rise of Rome.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Rome's rise from city-state to world power, 338 - 133 BCE, the nature Roman conquest, and the impact of empire on Roman society.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-451
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 275, HIST 207 or CLAS 201 recommended.

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HIST 394. British Revolutions 1567-1660 .

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

English, Scottish and Irish history during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, with a particular focus on the origins and consequences of the regicides of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587 and King Charles I in 1649.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 250 recommended.

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HIST 400. Ancient Greece, Rome and China.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

A comparative analysis of the political cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and China, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE, exploring societal distinctions through topics such as the role of historical traditions, power configurations, public oratory, elite representation, funerary rites and political spaces.
  • Prerequisite: ARLE 101 or HIST 205 or HIST 208 or permission of instructor

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HIST 401. Topics: Medieval Culture and Society.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Selected topics in the intellectual and cultural history of the Middle Ages. Emphasis on modern critical approaches to medieval culture, including literature, the supernatural, religious experience.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 380 or consent of instructor

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HIST 445. Late Imperial China.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

An introduction to the social and economic history of Late Imperial China, focusing on the Ming and early to mid Qing Dynasties (1368 - 1800), and current interpretations thereof. Was this a discrete period in Chinese history? If so, why.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 208 or HIST 218

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HIST 449. Medicine in the Ancient World.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The evolution of ideas about the human body, disease, and therapeutics, and the diverse practices of medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity (ca 800BC - ca 600CE), with particular attention given to their social, political, cultural and religious context.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 349 or an introductory course in Ancient Greek or Roman history
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 452 and HIST 453

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HIST 450. Ancient History Methods.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Different methods and strategies employed by Ancient historians, including numismatics, epigraphy, and papyrology.
  • Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in Ancient history or permission of the instructor.

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HIST 469. Alexander and Hellenistic World.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

The history and culture of the Hellenistic period, from the Age of Alexander to the rise of the successor kingdoms and their interactions with Rome; discusses the development of a new sense of globality and its impact on the local horizon of cities across the Mediterranean and beyond.
  • Prerequisite(s): 3 credits in Ancient history at the 300-level or permission of instructor.
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 407 in winter 2015 or winter 2017.

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HIST 475. Topics: Roman History.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

In-depth examination of a selected topic, theme, or period of ancient Roman history.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 275, HIST 375, HIST 376, HIST 391, or permission of instructor.

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HIST 478. Pre-modern Chinese Law and Society.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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The history of Chinese law and society from early pre-imperial to late imperial times. Themes include the philosophical basis of Chinese law; development of different forms of legislation; practice of pre-modern law; law and social and political change; military law; legal cases translated from primary sources.
  • Prerequisite: Any 300-level course in Chinese history or permission of the instructor.

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HIST 488. Emotions History of Early Modern Europe.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

Readings and research on the history of emotions in the early modern era (c. 1450 – c. 1800). Introduction to the topic with a focus on how historians have studied the emotional life of Europeans between the age of renaissance and reformation and the French Revolution, including selected studies of the medieval and modern eras.
  • Prerequisite: One course in European history or permission of the instructor.

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