This Reader provides you both with a course schedule and with the links to the online primary texts which you'll be required to read during the semester. All texts are available both from this web page and on the P drive.
When you read a primary text, try not to be confused or put off by the fact that the writing may not sound like normal everyday English. Look for the author's point of view and opinions and try to apply what you know about the historical period to what you read in the document.
Aug. 28
The Medieval World
Aug. 30
Plague and Revolt
Online Reading: Description
of the Plague
, from the Decameron
ASSIGNMENT for today: Bring a copy of this reading to class with you.
Textbook, chapter 2
Sept. 2
The Crisis of the Fourteenth Century
Textbook, chapter 2
Sept. 4
Italian Renaissance Humanism
Textbook, pp. 54-65
Sept. 6
The Age of Discovery
Online Readings:
Sept. 9
The Spice Trade
Sept. 11
Revolution in Italian Politics
Textbook pp. 65-68
Sept. 13
Discussion: The Prince (
study questions
)
There will be a quiz.
Sept. 16
Early Modern Monarchy
Online Reading: Letter
of Joan of Arc
to the King of England (Group 3)
Textbook, pp 71-72
Sept. 18
Martin Luther and the Reforming Spirit
Online Reading: Luther's
Letter on Indulgences (Group 4)
Textbook, pp. 77-82
Sept. 20
Protestantism in Switzerland and France
Online Reading: Letter
of Calvin to the King of France (Group 5)
Textbook, pp. 82-84
Sept. 23
Protestantism in England
Online Reading: Letter of Thomas Cranmer (Group 1)
Textbook, pp. 84-90
Sept. 25 No class: History Day workshop
Sept. 27
Political Consequences of the Reformation
Textbook, chapter 3
Sept. 30 The Counter-Reformation
Online Reading: from the
Spiritual Exercises
of Ignatius Loyola (Group 2)
Textbook, pp. 90-96
Oct. 2 makeup class for Mountain Day
Oct. 4
The Wars of Religion
Online Reading: Account
of St. Bartholomew's Day, 1572 (Group 3)
Textbook, pp. 127-133
Oct. 7
The Thirty Years' War
Textbook, pp. 133-139
Oct. 9
The Witch Craze
Online Reading: Witchcraft
Documents (Group 4)
Oct. 11
Social Structure in the Old Regime
Textbook, pp. 112-118; 225-233
Oct. 14 No class: Fall Break
Oct. 16
Discussion: The Three Musketeers (
study questions
)
There will be a quiz.
Oct. 18
Rural and Urban Labor
Oct. 21
Midterm Exam
Oct. 23
Martin Guerre (film), Part I
Viewing Guide
Oct. 25
Martin Guerre, Part II
Oct. 28
Discussion: Martin Guerre
Oct. 30
The Dutch in the Seventeenth Century
Textbook, pp. 147-153
Nov. 1
Constitutionalism - England's Glorious Revolution
Online Reading: Declaration
of Right, 1689 (Group 5)
Textbook, pp. 153-167
Nov. 4
Absolutism: Louis XIV
Online Reading: Accounts
of Louis XIV by his contemporaries (Group 1)
Textbook, pp. 167-179
Nov. 6
Absolutism, part II
Nov. 8
The Eastern Monarchies
Textbook, Chapter 5
Nov. 11
Peter the Great
Textbook, pp. 214-220
Nov. 13
The Early Eighteenth Century
Textbook, p. 233-241
Nov. 15
High Culture and the Scientific Revolution
Online Reading: Francis
Bacon, Aphorisms (Group 2 and 3)
Textbook, chapter 6
Nov. 18
The Enlightenment
Textbook, pp. 295-305
Nov. 20
Enlightenment Politics and Economics
Textbook, chapter 6
Nov. 22
Discussion: Candide (
study questions
)
There will be a quiz.
Nov. 25
"Enlightened" Despotism
Textbook, pp. 308-323
Nov. 27-29 Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 2
British Reform?
Online Reading: Declaration
of Independence, 1776 (Group 4)
Textbook pp. 323-342
Dec. 4
The French Revolution and Napoleon
Online Reading:
Abolition of Feudalism, 1789 (Group 5)
Textbook, Chapter 9
Dec. 6
Napoleonic Empire and Restoration
Textbook, chapter 10
Dec. 9
Sum up and Exam Review