Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

HIST 3581 - Politics, Power and People in Europe, 1650-1775


Explores major political, economic, intellectual and social developments in Europe (particular attention given to France, Spain, Germany), 1650 to eve of French Revolution. Emphasis on absolutism & despotism, diplomatic revolution, competition for empire, Enlightenment and emergence of a ‘public’ as agent of change.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Have a capacity for synthesis.
  • Have the ability to weave many complex strands into a fabric of definable issues, patterns and topics.
  • Student’s work employs the formal styles of writing, argumentation, and presentation that historians use.
  • Student’s work reflects an understanding of the intellectual, political, economic, social, and cultural history of the United States, Europe.
  • Student’s work reflects an understanding the roles of race, class, gender, or ethnicity in history.


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