HIST 445 - The British Isles, 1485-1603

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
The reigns of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs saw sustained and deep-reaching changes in the four nations of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales). During this period, the region witnessed divisive processes of religious transformation associated with the Protestant Reformation; the emergence of a centralized and bureaucratized nation state based in London at the expense of local centers of power; English encroachments on independent or semi-independent regions of Ireland, Scotland and Wales; the beginnings of overseas expansion; and the creation of significant contributions to literature, the arts, philosophy, and the sciences. Using primary and secondary source readings, this course will explore these transformations and will assess the impact of these changes in regional and global contexts.This course is intended as a writing intensive seminar. The course work includes in-depth discussion, regular response papers, and preparation of a major research project. Preparation of the research project will require substantial preliminary work and revisions.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 302 (HIST 301 also recommended)
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Program Attribute: HEUR