Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
HIST 3600 - Women in Early Modern European History, 1400-1800
Explores the social, cultural,political, and economic roles of women in Europe from the 15th- through the 18th- centuries. Students will examine women as monarchs, nobles and peasants; as actresses, musicians, and playwrights; as mothers, wives, and daughters; as Christians, Jews, and Muslims; as scientists and scholars; and as witches, prostitutes,and criminals. Key issues will include women’s political power and participation in politics; sexuality and the body; women’s spiritual and religious roles; and women’s interactions with men. The Early Modern period sets the stage for a changing history of women in Europe, and the class will thus underline the ways in which women’s roles evolved and changed over the course of early modern Europe.
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:
- Students will be able to communicate their ideas in written and oral form.
- Students will understand the historgraphic traditions of writing on women.
- Students will understand the political, social, economic and gender forces that shaped the history of women in Europe.
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