Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Western Main Campus

History 2159A/B

MIDWIVES, MADONNAS, WITCHES AND WHORES: WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1500 - 1700


This course will provide critical perspectives on the lives of European women 1500 to 1700. Students will analyze early modern perceptions of women, female life cycles, and the various roles of women: wife, mother, nun, martyr, midwife, citizen, soldier, worker, property owner, and artist, plus female rulers and regents.

Antirequisite(s): History 2459F/G.

Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: HISTORY

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