Exploring term Fall 2023 Change

    HSTR414A

    Society and Politics in XVII c. England

    A survey of the social, cultural and political history of early modern England, with a particular emphasis on the tumultuous seventeenth century. Topics include Jacobean sex scandals, patriarchy, parents and children, class conflict and deference, murder pamphlets, the causes and legacy of the British Civil Wars, radical religion and the Interregnum, the Great Fire of London, the Restoration Crisis and the Glorious Revolution. Intended to give student with some background in British history a general introduction to some of the main primary sources, important secondary works and historiographical issues.

    Lecture: 3h
    Lab: 0h
    Tutorial: 0h
    Credits: 1.5