2023-2024 University Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2023-2024 University Catalog archived

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

HIST 217 - History of the British Isles to 1688: Power, Plague, and Prayer


FDR: HU Humanities Distribution
Credits: 3

The history of the British Isles to 1688 tells the story of how an island remote from the classical world came to dominate much of the modern one. This course ventures from Britain during Roman occupation and Anglo-Saxon migration, to the expansion of the Church and tales of chivalry during the Middle Ages, then finally to exploration and conflict during the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. Topics include the development of Christianity, Viking invasions, the Scottish wars of independence, the evolution of parliament, the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses, the Reformation, the beginnings of Empire, and the 17th-century revolutions.



Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)