HISP022 Early Modern History (5 cr)

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Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Coordinating organisation:
Open University, Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

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

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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

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Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching