MONARCHY AND REVOLUTION
This course examines aspects of English and European history between 1625 and 1815. At the beginning and end of this period, people in England and across continental Europe were governed by monarchies. In the intervening years, however, kings on both sides of the English Channel had been executed by their subjects, and republican governments had taken their place. These dramatic developments, as well as significant changes to the essential nature of the monarchies, are related to the influential ideas of philosophers such as Hobbes and Rousseau, and to the effects of social change, religious differences and commercial rivalries. All of this is considered as part of the course.
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