Inleiding tot de Vroegmoderne Periode

3 ECTS credits
84 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1024259AER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History

Educational team

Wouter Ryckbosch (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

18 contact hours Lecture
30 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course provides an introduction to the main social developments of the early modern period (from around 1500 to 1800). As an introduction, the concept pair of modernity and pre-modernity is introduced. It then looks thematically at the main pivotal moments and processes of change that characterise the period under review. We start with the processes of globalisation that profoundly changed the world during the centuries that followed the Middle Ages. Next, we look at political processes of social change, economic transformations, cultural and scientific change, and finally we consider family structures, gender, and processes of marginalisation and emancipation. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained a global and inclusive perspective on the history of the early modern period.

Additional info

The book will not be discussed in its entirety during classes but has to be studied independently. It is of course possible to ask questions about the book during class. The book will be part of the exam material.

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

1. Gained insight into the increasing interaction processes between Europe and other parts of the world in the New Age, with a particular focus on the roots of globalisation and globalisation.

2. Be able to understand and compare how globalisation processes took different forms across time and space, with particular attention to the complex causes and consequences of colonisation.

3. Have acquired an understanding of the major processes of political change between the late Middle Ages and the modern period.

4. Have a basic knowledge of the economic models necessary to analyse economic change through the rise of capitalism and industrialisation.

5. Be able to recognise similarities and differences in the major cultural and intellectual frameworks that shaped everyday life from the Renaissance, through the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment.

6. Have a critical understanding of how demographic and family structures were able to structure daily life in the past, the importance of gender, and the history of marginalisation and emancipation through past centuries.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Examen Schriftelijk with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: .

Additional info regarding evaluation

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context