After a propedeutic introduction to the Middle-Ages, this curricular unit focuses three themes:
 1. From the 16th century crisis to European Expansion - we approach European evolution at different levels (demographic, economical, political and social), namely those involving the expansion. We observe the social, political and cultural impact of the Renaissance, and the religious Reform and Counter-Reform;
2. On the 17th century - we analyze the demographical, economical and social changes that take place in Classical Europe, namely in its political systems, and we ponder on the building of a scientific sensibility, on the different military conflicts and on the changes in the extra-European world;
3.18th century, new horizons - we contextualize the economical changes during the Enlightenment, namely the Industrial Revolution and the emerging political models. We analyze international conflicts and American and French revolutions, and the new European reality.