HIS263Y1 Lecture : Lecture Note
Document Summary
New way of interpreting history has emerged in the past 15 years. Shift away from thinking of nation state as the fundamental unit of analysis. Takes into account all continents that touch the atlantic ocean. Atlantic as a highway rather than a barrier. Networks of trade, commercial activity, immigration, disease, ideas. Early modern period focus circa 1500 1800. 2 themes viking age, european explorations crucial voyages jacques cartier staking france"s claim on sovereignty. 9th 12th century: scandinavians world"s principal skills on the seas as well as fearsome capacity for waging war. 1000 a. d. leif eriksson explores south of greenland arrives at an attractive location mild climate, r ich array of plant life, and various species of berries called it vinland land of wines. During the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, norse presence began to decline. 1450 norse voyages to vinland ended during early modern era, spain, portugal, england and france became primary powers on international waters became the primary explorers.
