UCL Credits: 30 | Total Learning Hours: 300 | ECTS: 15 |
Level: Advanced | Course Unit: 1.0 | Full Year |
Module Coordinator: Prof Martyn Rady Taught By: Prof Martyn Rady To find out more about this module, please contact the Module Coordinator |
Weekly Contact Hours: [2.0] (1 hour lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week) |
Prerequisites: All participants should normally have passed a full Intermediate Level course unit in History |
Compulsory Module for: n/a |
Summative Assessment
Coursework Essay 2500 words (25%)
Coursework Essay 2500 words (25%)
3 Hour Examination (50%)
Formative Assessment
Presentations on 17th century Habsburg history
One-page 'essay argument'
Module Outline
By the end of the fifteenth century, the estate of nobility had accumulated substantial political power in Central Europe. Through the institutions of the local diets and counties, the nobilities had encroached upon the reserved rights of the crown and reinforced their legal jurisdiction over the peasantry. This course will examine how the newly-installed Habsburg rulers began the slow process of recovering the authority of the crown, which by the seventeenth century had not only obtained a high degree of confessional uniformity within its territories but had also completed the expulsion of the Turks from Central Europe.
Although this paper concentrates on kingship, confession and noble estates in Central Europe (defined as the Austrian hereditary provinces and the lands of the Bohemian and Hungarian crowns, including Transylvania and Croatia), there will be some comparative study of relevant developments in surrounding territories, and attention will also be paid to the 'economic estates' of peasants and townsmen, to the alchemical and mystical concepts of government dominant in Central Europe at this time, to the Turkish wars, and to forms of government within the area of Turkish occupation.
Indicative Texts
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AFFILIATES |
Affiliates | Course Code | Assessment | ECTS |
Full Year Affiliates | Register for SEHI2002 | As Above | 15 |
Please note: This outline is accurate at the time of publication. Minor amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.