B.A History paper II

Paper 2 :

History of Europe

1450 - 1789 A.D.

UNIT - 1 : 

1. Renaissance - Emergence, Nature & Impact.
2. The Reformation and Counter Reformation- Causes, nature of reformation, results.
3. Rise of National States - Causes, main monarchies and their growth - Ferdinand, Isabella of Spain, Louis XI of France, England - Henery VII, Holy Roman Empire.
4. Rise and Decline of Spain - Foreign Policy of Charles V, Philip II, Revolt of Netherland, Thirty Years War, Causes of downfall of Spain.
UNIT - 2
1. The Ascendancy of France - Background of religious and civil wars, Domestic policy of Henry IV, Regime of Louis XIII.
2. France at her Zenith - Domestic and foreign policy of Louis XIV.
3. England and Industrial Revolution - Queen Elizabeth I, the age of stuarts, the civil war, Charles II, James II and Glorious revolution, causes of industrial revolution and its effects.
4. The Age of Enlightened Despotism - Meaning, prominent enlightened despots - Fedrick the great,
Maria Theresa, Joseph II of Austria, Catherine II, Weakness of enlightened despotism.

UNIT - 3 :
1. Rise of Modern Russia - Peter the great, Catherine II their foreign policies.
2. Austrian Empire - War of Austrian succession - Treaty of Aix-LA-Chapple, Causes of seven years
war, The treaty of Hubertusberg, Foreign policy of Joseph II.
3. The Rise of Prussia - Domestic, foreign and religious policy of Frederick the great.
UNIT - 4
1. American War of Independence - Causes, events, results.
2. Commercial Revolution - Causes of Mercantilism, main thinkers, importance of Mercantilism and Criticism, Causes of its decline.
3. The Age of Reason - Main intellectuals, salient features of age of reason, impact of the age of reason.
France on the eve of resolution - Political, economic, religious and social condition, intellectual
revolution.

B.A. I

Paper 1 : Political History of Medieval India
1200 - 1526 A.D.

UNIT-1 : 

1. Significant source material of medieval India :Archaeological literary and historical
2. Historiography - Different Approaches
3. Rise of Turks, causes of Success of Arab invasion and its impact.

UNIT - 2

Slave Dynasty :
1. Aibak - Early career, achievements as a commander, difficulties, an assessment.
2. Iltutmish -Early life, problems, achievements, an estimate, the successors and the rule of forty.
3. Razia - Her state policy, causes of her downfall, an assessment.
4. Balban - Early life and accession, his problems, theory of kingship, achievements, an estimate.
5. Causes of downfall of slave dynasty.
6. Khaliji Dynasty :
Jalaluddin Firoz Shah Khaliji - Early life and career,significant events of his reign, foreign policy, estimate.
Alauddin Khaliji - Early career and accession,difficulties, theory of kingship, Hindu policy,
Domestic policy, revolts and its remedies, Administrative system, Price control and Market
regulations, foreign policy, southern conquest, mongol invasion and its effects, an assessment.

UNIT - 3

Tughlaq Dynasty :
1. Ghiasuddin Tughlaq - Domestic policy, foreign policy, death of Ghiasuddin.
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq- Domestic policy schemes of Mohd. Tughlaq, Revenue reforms, Administrative
reforms, foreign policy, Deccan policy, revolts, significance of his reign.
3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq - Early life, accession, was Firoz an usurper?, Domestic policy, foreign policy,
Administrative reforms, an estimate. Invasion of Timur, causes and its effects.Causes of downfall of Tughlaq dynasty.
4. Sayyid Dynasty : Khizr Khan - Victories, achievements, character. Mubarak Shah - His achievements.
Alam Shah - Administrative achievements.
5. Lodhi Dynasty :
Bahlol Lodhi - Accession, main events of reign, character, assessment. Sikander Lodhi - Main events of his life, foreign policy.
Ibrahim Lodhi - Domestic policy, foreign policy, causes of failure, an estimate.

UNIT - 4 :

1. Nature of state, different theories of kingship.
2. Causes of downfall of Delhi Sultanate.
3. Central and provincial administration, army
organization.
4. Development of literate and architecture.
Books Recommended

(1) Delhi Sultanate - A.L. Srivastava

(2)Delhi Sultanate - L.P. Sharma
(3)Early Medieval India - A.B. Pandey
(4) Foundation of Muslim Rule in India - A.B.M. Habibullah
(5) Medieval Indian History - Ishwari Prasad
(7) History of Qaraunah Truks in India - Ishwari Prasad
(8) Growth of Khalji imperialism - Ishwari Prasad
(9) Alauddin's Market Regulation - B.P. Saxena
(10) Chronology of Mohd. Tughlaq - N.H. Rizvi
(11) Firoz Shah Tughlaq - K.K. Basu
(12) Sikandar Lodhi as a founder - A. Halim
(13) The Administration of Sultanate of Delhi - I.H. Quraishi
(14) Some Aspects of Muslim Administration - R.P. Tripathi

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