World history/WHME101/Announcements4

Dear Student,

Welcome to Session 4 of World History: The Early Modern Period. You can access all course materials for this micro-course on the website at anytime: http://course.oeru.org/whme101/

In this session we learn about Absolutism in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We examine the ideological justifications for Absolutism, and the opposition that arose to this system of government. You can begin Session 4 here.

Absolutism may seem foreign to many of us, but it had strong supporters during this historical period, such as Jean Domat (you will read an extract from his writing in this session). Can you think of ways in which Absolutism might have been advantageous for subjects? Post your thoughts on our OERu course forum on this topic: Absolutist Political Systems.

Enjoy your learning,

Deborah

Course developer