Εισαγωγή στη Νεότερη και Σύγχρονη Ευρωπαϊκή Ιστορία

From the 15th to the 18th century, Europe witnessed a series of intellectual, social and economic changes that led to the transformation of old institutions and to the creation of new. The course deals with the factors that contributed to these changes and to the ways in which European social and economic structures and dominant ideologies and beliefs changed. The course examines topics such as the Reformation, the commercial revolution, absolutism and the new polities of the 17th century, European expansion and domination, new ideas and the French Revolution as the chief elements in the birth of the modern world. Course Aims: a.) An acquisition of an in-depth understanding of the transformation of Europe to a continent with a capitalist economy and powerful forms of the state, b.) familiarization with different historiographical traditions.