printer friendly pageHISTORY 233: Reformation to Civil War: England under the Tudors and Stuarts (HISTORY 333)
English political and religious culture from the end of the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War of the 1640s. Themes include the growth of the size and power of the state, Reformation, creation of a Protestant regime, transformation of the political culture of the ruling elite, emergence of Puritanism, and causes of the Civil War.
HISTORY 333 is a prerequisite for
HISTORY 402 (Spring quarter).
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Como, D. (PI)
HISTORY 233C: Two British Revolutions (HISTORY 333C)
Current scholarship on Britain,1640-1700, focusing on political and religious history. Topics include: causes and consequences of the English civil war and revolution; rise and fall of revolutionary Puritanism; the Restoration; popular politics in the late 17th century; changing contours of religious life; the crisis leading to the Glorious Revolution; and the new order that emerged after the deposing of James II.
Last offered: Spring 2024
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-SI
HISTORY 233F: Political Thought in Early Modern Britain (HISTORY 333F)
1500 to 1700. Theorists include Hobbes, Locke, Harrington, the Levellers, and lesser known writers and schools. Foundational ideas and problems underlying modern British and American political thought and life.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ER, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Como, D. (PI)
HISTORY 233G: Global Visions: Faith and Knowledge in the Early Modern World
The early modern world saw Catholicism transform itself into a global faith. Missionaries traveled with expanding Portuguese, Spanish, French empires, and beyond to translate their message of salvation into every culture possible from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy to the Japanese shogunate. No group was more instrumental in this regard than the Jesuits. Between 1534 and its suppression by the pope in 1773, the Society of Jesus grew from seven founding members to several thousand worldwide. As evangelizers they operated at boundaries of political, cultural, and metaphysical conflict. As global observers they became astronomers, linguists, ethnographers, historians, and mapmakers. We will critically examine Jesuit strategies to expand their religious network across every inhabitable continent, as well as the distinctive range of reactions from host societies. The extraordinary range of mission fields challenges us with issues of political and cultural conflict, integration, and appropriation. What did it mean to globalize religion in this era? How did missionaries facilitate and maneuver societal confrontation, and how did this conflict shape lasting knowledge and faith?
Last offered: Spring 2023
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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