HIST 138: The Making of Europe
Instructor: Victoria MorseHistory
Winter 2011
Untitled, bifolio manuscript page from Book of Hours, ca. 14th-15th century
Ink and colors on vellum
What are the origins of what we call "Europe?" How did this corner of the Eurasian continent come to play a predominant role in world history? What forces worked to create or to undermine a recognizably "European" culture? While cultural developments and new institutions offered powerful sources of shared experience and practice, national states and self-conscious localisms introduced new lines of fragmentation. Through lectures and discussion of a wide variety of primary sources from the period this class will examine these competing tendencies as they shaped the history of Europe's peoples during the later Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.
Assignments
Exhibit Assignment (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 17kB Feb15 11)Visualizing Japanese Theater Introductory Exhibition Assignment (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 11kB Feb15 11)
HIST 138 Observation Paper (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 17kB Dec14 12)
HIST 138 Group Sign Up (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 13kB Dec14 12)
Research Worksheet (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 19kB Feb15 11)