Master of history (Choice Based Credit System)

FIRST SEMESTER

Core Course – 104

Paper – IV

RISE OF MODERN WEST

Full Mark: 100 ( 80 + 20) Time : 3 hours

Unit-I 20 Marks

1. 
   The English civil war and the Economic development in England.
   
2. 
   The scientific Revolutions of the 16^th and 17^th Century A.D.
   
3. 
   Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism.
   
4. 
   The proletariat Revolution of 1917 in Russia : Causes and effects.
   

Unit-II 20 Marks

1. 
   Renaissance – Meaning, Causes, Spread of Renaissance in Europe, Humanism, Art, Literature, New ideas etc.
   
2. 
   Geographical Discoveries and colonial expansion, causes, Course and early colonial voyages of Spain and Portugal, English colonial establishments, impact of the explorations.
   
3. 
   Reformation-Meaning of Reformation, causes, Martin Luther and protestant movement in Germany. Reformation in England under Henry VIII and Elizabeth Tudor, Reformation in France and Switzerland.