HIS 2045 Making of the British Isles
This course addresses the interrelationship of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland from the early Christian period to the present. Chief topics will include the spread of Christianity, the growth of Norman feudalism, the emergence of nation states, the influence of the Reformation, the emergence of England as the dominant center, the face of the Celtic countries, the growth of empire, industrialization, and finally the emergence of de-volution movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.