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May 31, 2025
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HIST101ADPO - Age of Conquest and Continuity in Sixteenth-Century Latin AmericaWhen Offered: Irregularly.
Instructor(s): S. Doebler
Credit: 1
A writing intensive examination of the collision of worlds that began in 1492, primarily focusing on the sixteenth century. This period has become known as the Spanish Conquest of the Americas. A master narrative passed down by generations of historians tells a near mythical narrative of Europeans, technologies, and disease swiftly overwhelming Indigenous societies. Students will explore primary and secondary sources to examine to what extent that actually occurred. By focusing on people from Indigenous America, Europe, and Africa who experienced the upheavals of the sixteenth century, this class presents a new conquest history, one that finds continuity as the period’s principal feature. The conquest was not a short event, but a slow process marked by violence, but also new global relationships. Over the course of the class, students will also compose a research paper based on original primary source research.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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