Annotation
History of Europe is usually presented as a uniform story or a sequence of general themes. This course takes a different approach and looks at European history in comparative perspective. Selected themes in early modern and modern social, political and cultural history of Europe, such as the state building and nation formation, revolutions, urbanization, or cultural movements are discussed in regard to similarities, differences and specificities in various parts of the continent. The course covers the period from sixteenth to nineteenth century. The main objective of the course is to broaden the students’ knowledge of European history, to provide them with a more complex and differentiated view of European development that is not reduced only to the Western European pattern and to get the students acquainted with the basic principles of comparative approach in exploring and teaching European history.
The course has been primarily designed for the bachelor students of the Erasmus+ program. A profound knowledge of European history is therefore not required.
But at least the indermediate knowledge of English is highly recommended.
Preliminary structure of the course: 01 Introduction 02 Renaissance and reformation 03 Early modern urbanization 04 State formation and absolutism 05 Enlightenment and romanticism 06 Revolutions and reforms 07 Old and new social structure 08 Political systems and citizenship 09 Formation of nation states (big nations) 10 National movements (small nations) 11 Modern European urbanization 12 Varieties of economic development 13 Final test