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131-128 Europeans and Conquest A: Discovering Europe and the Americas, 1450-1620 | |
Availability | Not offered in 1998. |
Credit Points | 12.5 1st year |
Coordinator | Mr C Zika |
Contact | One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | A study of the ways in which Europeans of the Renaissance period created a self-identity which put Europe at the centre of the world; and the part which this played in the European conquest of the Americas. Students who complete this subject should: understand key elements in the emergence of a European cultural identity in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; be familiar with the ways in which historians have understood encounters between Europeans and American Indians in this period; locate and analyse literary and visual documents which represent and shape these historical developments. |
Assessment | One research essay of 2500 words (50%), one review essay of 1500 words (40%) and tutorial participation (10%). |
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