To acquire a broad general and interdisciplinary culture by opening up to other disciplines and understanding the links they have with History. To develop critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills. To develop specialist knowledge in areas of the historical discipline and to understand the issues of the discipline. To develop complementary knowledge to history. Acquire a strong capacity to analyse information, to synthesise and to write.
To master knowledge and concepts relating to the modern period and touching on history, but also on art history, literature, philosophy, religious sciences, law, economics and other social sciences, in order to acquire a chronological, geographical and cultural framework of reference. To apply the methods of critical analysis by comparing and prioritising information, to know how to analyse it in depth and with rigour.
This course presents the major permanent structures and changes that characterise and mark the modern period (late 15th to 18th century), in political, economic, social, demographic, cultural and religious terms. The Protestant Reformation, the artistic Renaissance, the crisis of subsistence, the world of the countryside and the cities, the French Revolution, etc. are thus addressed in particular. The geographical framework of this course is essentially Europe.
Written exam (course and paper questions).
To complete the content of the course, it is useful to read Jérôme Hélie's Petit atlas historique des Temps modernes, Paris, Armand Colin, 2007, 190 p. In order to give your reflection more scope, further bibliographical indications will be given as the course progresses.
| Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelier en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en histoire | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres françaises et romanes, orientation générale | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en philosophie | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en histoire de l'art et archéologie, orientation générale | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes | Standard | 0 | 4 | |
| Bachelier en histoire | Standard | 1 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres françaises et romanes, orientation générale | Standard | 1 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en philosophie | Standard | 1 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en histoire de l'art et archéologie, orientation générale | Standard | 1 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques | Standard | 1 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes | Standard | 3 | 4 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques | Standard | 3 | 3 |