HISP022 Early Modern History (5 cr)
Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Description
The course focuses on the basics of early modern history research.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will:
- recognise the moral and control systems, rules, values, behaviour, and the most important mechanisms of change in the customs and habits of cultural and social actors, people and communities
- understand the importance of the religious and national conflicts and the social and political upheavals of the the period
- be able to analyse the extension of wolrdviews and the contributing factors
- be able to examine the social development and structure, as well as changes in them
- be able to recognise the most important ideological, cultural and economic events and lines of development of the period, and their significance both for contemporaries and later on
- have honed their skills in analysing information and critical thinking.
Literature
- Karonen, Petri, Pohjoinen suurvalta (2014)
- Vilkuna, Kustaa H. J., Paholaisen sota (2006)
- Heikkinen, Antero, Uuden aikakauden kynnyksellä. Elämä varhaismodernissa Euroopassa (2018)
Completion methods
These completion methods are for University of Jyväskylä degree students. Other options:
Method 1
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Method 2
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Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)
Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Teaching
9/1–10/25/2020 Lectures
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Independent study (5 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish