Syllabus
Lectures:
1. Introduction to Introduction to European History. Academic reading and writing
2. History and historiography
3. Ancient World
4. Middle Ages, vol. 1 (barbarian invasions; feudalism and estate system; Medieval city and economy)
5. Middle Ages, vol. 2 (Medieval Church: crusades, heresy, inquisition)
6. Early Modern Era (Renaissance, Humanism and Reformation)
7. Modern Period (from Enlightenment to the French Revolution and birth of nation state)
8. 20th century (world wars; totality; genocide and holocaust)
9. Central Europe
10. Overreaching topics, vol. 1 (Monotheistic religions; economic history of Europe; colonialism and imperialism)
11. Optional presentations, vol. 1
12. Optional presentations, vol. 2
13. Final test Required readings: LE GOFF, J. The Birth of Europe. Boston: Blackwell,
2005. ISBN 978-1-4051-5682-0. McGRATH, A. E. The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation. Oxford: Blackwell,
2004. ISBN 978-0-631-22939-1. EDELSTEIN, D. The Enlightenment: a genealogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
2010. ISBN 978-0-226-18449-4. HOBSBAWM, E. The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848. New York: Mentor,
1962. ISBN 978-0-349-10484-3. GELLNER, E. Nations and nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell,
2006. ISBN 978-1-405-13442-2. Recommended readings: BEKEMANS, L. The Idea of Europe: Identity-building from a historical perspective. In: A Value-Driven European Future. Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2012, pp. 65-81. ISBN 978-90-5201-890-4. SZŰCS, J. The three historical regions of Europe, In: John Keane, Civil Society and the State. New European Perspectives. London: Verso 1988, pp. 291-332. ISBN 978-0-860-91203-3. BAUER, S. W. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. New York: W. W. Norton & Company,
2007. ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8. ARMSTRONG, K. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. New York: Ballantine Books,
1994. ISBN 978-0-345-38456-0. POUNDS, N. J. G., The Medieval City. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group,
2005. ISBN 978-0-313-32498-7. BURKE, P. The Renaissance, Individualism and the Portrait. History of European Ideas 21/3, 1995, pp. 393-400. ISSN 0191-6599. MAXWELL, A. Typologies and phases in nationalism studies: Hroch’s A-B-C schema as a basis for comparative terminology. Nationalities Papers 38/6, 2010, pp. 865–880. ISSN 0090-5992. PAXTON, R. O. The Anatomy of Fascism. New York: Vintage Press,
2005. ISBN 978-1-400-03391-1. GERSCHENKRON, A. Economic backwardness in historical perspective: a book of essays. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
1962. ISBN 978-0-674-22600-5. FERRO, M. Colonization: A Global History. London: Routledge,
2005. ISBN 978-0-415-14008-9. COFFIN, J. G. et al., Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture, Vol. 1, 14th Edition (New York: Norton,
2002), chapters 10 and 11 http://exodusmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/212834826-Western-Civilizations.pdf Rietbergen, P., Europe: A Cultural History. London: Routledge, 2005 http://content.yudu.com/Library/A18l83/EuropeACulturalHisto/resources/5.htm Dawson, Chistopher. The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity. Washington, D.C.: CUA Press, 2002 https://archive.org/details/makingofeurope00daws
Annotation
Introduction to European History is a compulsory course acquainting students with major topics of
European history from antiquity up to the modern period. The course is focused on the interpretation and context of key periods, structures and processes in European history.