Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to
a) familiarise themselves with the major changes that took place in the period b) to explore a wide range of secondary sources and critically engage with them c) to develop strategies for tackling primary sources.
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course highlights significant turning points in modern European history (from the 16th to the 19th century) while also being attentive to the long-term processes which accompanied such changes. It focuses on social and economic developments, the changing face of the state through processes of centralisation and bureaucratisation, the rise of new ideological currents and intellectual movements. It aims to show that regardless of the degree of change, continuities between the early modern and modern periods are still evident.
Additional bibliography for study
Hobsbawm, E., Η εποχή των επαναστάσεων, 1789-1848, ΜΙΕΤ, 2000.
Hobsbawm, E., Η εποχή του κεφαλαίου, 1848-1875, ΜΙΕΤ, 1994
Lindermann S. A., Ιστορία της Νεότερης Ευρώπης. Από το 1815 μέχρι σήμερα, Κριτική, 2014
Miller Stuart, T., Νεότερη και Σύγχρονη Ευρωπαϊκή Ιστορία, Gutenberg, 2018.
Richards D., Ιστορία της Σύγχρονης Ευρώπης. 1789-2000, Παπαδήμας, 2001