Study also traces later changes in the English society, economy and form of government, the United Kingdom's changing role in Europe and the world, and changes in social roles and attitudes, particularly regarding class, gender and race. 2 sh Study includes Ireland's political and cultural history as well as its influence on the U.S. through emigration. Celtic cultural continuity and adaptation from the early Middle Ages to the present are explored through traditional folkways, music, tales, art and literature in historical contexts. Focus is on Scotland's evolution as a nation sharing an island with Wales and England. We explore the role of Celtic and Viking cultural continuity in shaping a Scottish consciousness centered on a Highlands ideal and perpetuated by emigration.
Students use oral history, folkways, and musical and balladry traditions in historical contexts.
This course examines how Europeans lived, day to day, from the time that the Black Death swept the continent to the Industrial Revolution. Topics include marriage, food, housing, witchcraft, clothing, court life, violence, sports, religion, childhood and death. Students examine life in the countryside and town, as well as the rich, the poor and everyone in between. Focus centers on the development of mass politics, the widespread impact of the industrial revolution, changes in women's public and private roles, cultural developments from neoclassicism to modernism, and the evolution of modern consciousness. This course provides a study of European history focusing on the two World Wars, the search for stability in the interwar years and the rise of totalitarianism.