HISTORY 718 / Interpretations of Early Modern Britain

3 unit(s)

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The time period covered, at the broadest extent, is 1485-1815. Some themes will necessitate a shorter time-frame. The period and the precise theme will be specified in the course description well in advance of each year in which the course is offered. The themes constitute the major historiographical foci of scholarship: politics and governance, religion, social and cultural history, war and society. There is some overlap, but each theme is a sub-field with an extensive historiography. The works chosen will provide a representative and influential cross-section of historiographical developments, from circa 1880 to 2003.