HIS 234 - Tudors and Stuarts, 1485-1707

4 credits (Fall or Spring)

Examines the ‘century of revolutions’ beginning with Elizabeth I’s reign in the 1550s and ending with William III’s death in 1702. We chart England’s transition from an early modern monarchy, where high politics centered on the monarch and the Crown struggled to ‘live of its own’; through the Civil War, as royalists, Ranters, and radicals contended over the ideal society; to 1688, when the Glorious Revolution ushered in party politics and a modernized commercial society.

Prerequisite: HIS 100 with grade S, C, or better, or second-year standing.
Instructor: Staff