HIST 216 Europe: Antiquity to Enlightenment

2023-2024 Catalog

Course provides an overview of European history with emphasis on those institutional and intellectual developments that contributed most directly to forming modern European civilization.  It briefly examines foundations: the Greek polis, the Roman Empire, and the rise of Christianity.  It then studies the formation of medieval European society; the expansion of Europe via trade, exploration, war and settlement; and its distinctive capitalist and state system formation from the 16th-18th centuries. It also emphasizes the cultural movements of those centuries: the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment. Students will utilize the art and music resources of New York City as part of their learning. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

WRIT 101 or permission of department