这个历史学硕士学位探索了从文艺复兴时期到改革开放以及启蒙运动和法国大革命爆发期间的早期现代欧洲社会。它最令人兴奋和与众不同的特征之一是，它以比较的角度考虑了英国，欧洲大陆（尤其是意大利，德国和法国）以及更广阔的世界的发展，这使人们对国家历史的独特性提出了质疑。您将学习的一些关键主题是宗教冲突，经济和社会发展，政府和社会秩序的影响，城市居住区的增长，人口和人口变化，欧洲和美洲之间的相互影响以及国家的发展功率。您将可以从历史学，古典学和考古学系中选择近代早期的选项模块，并且您将接受历史方法论和研究技术方面的培
Our MA Early Modern History explores early modern European societies in the period from the Renaissance to the Reformation and on to the Enlightenment and the outbreak of the French Revolution. One of its most exciting and distinguishing features is that it considers developments in Britain, continental Europe (notably Italy, Germany and France) and the wider world in comparative perspective, which brings into question the idea of the distinctive nature of national histories.<br><br>Some of the key themes you will study are the impact of religious conflict, economic and social developments, government and social order, the growth of urban settlements, population and demographic change, the mutual interactions between Europe and the Americas, and the growth of state power.<br><br>You will be able to choose option modules in early modern history from across the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology and you will receive training in historical methodologies and research techniques to help you research and write a dissertation on the subject that most interests you.