MA Early Modern History at King's College London

This Early Modern History MA examines the history of Britain, Europe, and the wider world between 1500 and 1800, highlighting themes of political, cultural, religious, and social history. You’ll learn about the various approaches to writing the history of early modern Europe whilst developing the specific skills you’ll need to research early modern topics. This includes mastering archives and gaining research skills to work with early modern documents, potentially from Britain, Ireland, France, the German lands, Portugal, the Iberian world, and beyond.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts & Humanities  |  Department: Department of History  |  Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time, September to September  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This Early Modern History MA looks at the ways in which cultural, political, and social themes stretch across the period c.1500–1800 while bridging the division between British and European history. You’ll learn from experts in the histories of the Reformation and the Enlightenment, gender, the material world of the Renaissance, race, and racism, covering Britain, Ireland, the German lands, France, Italy, and the Iberian world. The first required module in your master’s will introduce you to methodological and theoretical approaches to writing early modern history that you will then interrogate and deploy yourself.

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