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Renaissance To Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.141
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2015English
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This course provides an introduction to major political, social, cultural and intellectual changes in Europe from the beginnings of the Renaissance in Italy around 1300 to the outbreak of the French Revolution at the end of the 1700s. It focuses on the porous boundaries between categories of theology, magic and science, as well as print. It examines how developments in these areas altered European political institutions, social structures, and cultural practices.

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