Monarchy and the Enlightenment C.1740-1790: The Transformation of Political Culture? (VS1) (U02268)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-VS1-ME

This course examines the relationship between the European Enlightenment and the most common form of governement at the time, monarchical rule, in Britain and Continental Europe between about 1740 and 1790. In particular, the course will focus on the following questions: How effectively did Enlightenment thinkers question monarchical government in Europe and to what extent did they intend to do so? Were the Enlightenment and monarchical rule incompatible? How did monarchs react or adapt to the Enlightenment?

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U00082

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical course or equivalent. Visiting students should normally have 3 to 4 History courses at grade B or above. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A specific objective of the course is to develop the students' understanding of eighteenth-century debates about monarchical rule. But this course is also intended to lead to a broader understanding of the nature and the aims of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment and the emergence of an enlightened public in the eighteenth century. Students will be encouraged to question general interpretations of the Enlightenment and to examine the specific historical intellectual, political, social and cultural contexts of central debates and ideas of the Enlightenment.