Ancien Régime Course
Deepen your expertise in the Ancien Régime through hands-on work with archives primary sources and key debates on power privilege and public opinion in 18th-century France. This course is designed for humanities professionals seeking to sharpen their research and interpretation skills in the period from 1715 to 1789 covering fiscal crises social order and Enlightenment influences.

4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
This course provides a focused introduction to France's Ancien Régime from 1715 to 1789. It combines research design historiography and hands-on analysis of primary sources. Participants will learn to frame precise historical questions engage with debates on fiscal crisis and social order analyze Enlightenment print and public opinion and interpret archival visual and quantitative evidence for robust projects.
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Develop skills
- Analyze Ancien Régime fiscal data including tables taxes prices and deficits.
- Read 18th-century French archives critically for bias genre and audience.
- Apply key historiographical methods to debates on 1789 and social order.
- Design focused Ancien Régime research questions with solid comparative scope.
- Interpret Enlightenment print and visual culture in shaping public opinion.
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