HIST 631A Church, State, and Law in Early Modern Europe
Topics covered will include the relationship between church, state, and law in the Renaissance and Reformation, the Spanish Inquisition, overseas expansion, early modern Rome and the papacy, the wars of religion, absolutism and constitutionalism, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution. Particular attention will be given to definitions of natural law, the question of nationalism, the rise of the nation state and the growth of state power, religious toleration, codification, diplomacy, and sovereignty.