3504 Overview of Norwegian History before 1800

Prerequisites

None

Course Objectives

This purpose of the course is to provide an overview of Norwegian history from pre-historic times until about 1800.

Learning Methods

The course will consist of lectures and possibly some seminars.

Course Description

The course will focus on:

- The country and people from the Ice Age until the Viking Age
- Unification and Christianisation of Norway
- King and Church in the High Middle Ages
- The Middle Ages’ society
- The Plague and crisis
- Nordic unions and Nordic wars
- Trade and industry and social groups in the early Modern Age
- The power of the state and its subjects

Assessment Methods

Students will be required to take a 4-hour in-class examination at the end of the semester. The examination may be an essay question and/or a number of smaller questions.

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