| Week One |
1300-1450: The Late Middle Ages |
| 1 March 04 |
Introduction: Europe
in 1300 |
| 2 March 04 |
England
vs. Scotland
Readings: On William Wallace & Robert the Bruce and The
Declaration of Arbroath
Video in class: "History vs. Hollywood: Braveheart"
|
| 3 March 04 |
England
vs. France
Readings: On the Hundred Years War, Lament on the Evils
of the Civil War, and Letter to the King of England
Extra Credit film: "Henry V" (in the Library, Room 125) |
| 4 March 04 |
The
Black Death
Readings: The Black Death and the Jews and In the Wake of
the Plague, pp. 3-25.
Extra Credit film: "The Seventh Seal" (in Shaw Lounge) |
| 5 March 04 |
Medieval
Humanism
Readings: Inferno Canto XIX and The Black Death and the
Transformation of the West, Chapter 3: "Modes of Thought
and Feeling" |
| Week Two |
1450-1550: Exploration, Renaissance & Reformation |
| 8 March 04 |
Exploration
to the West
Readings: Letter to the King and Queen of Spain and 1492,
pp. 1-63 |
| 9 March 04 |
Exploration
to the East
Readings: Round Africa to India and 1492, pp. 65-119
PAPER on the BLACK DEATH DUE at 5:00 p.m.
**Optional afternoon class session to discuss your papers on 1492 |
| 10 March 04 |
The
Italian Renaissance
Readings: excerpts from The Prince, Life of Leonardo da
Vinci, and The Chiefe Conditions and Qualities in a Courtier
and in a Wayting Gentylwoman |
| 11
March 04 |
The
Reformation
Readings: Rules on Prohibited Books, Letter to the Archbishop
of Mainz, and Spreading God's Word in a German University |
| 12 March
04 |
MIDTERM |
| Week Three |
1550-1650: Control of the State, Scientific Revolution
& Mercantilism |
| 15 March 04 |
Elizabethan
England
Readings: A Poclamation agaynst the maintenaunce of Pirates,
Against the Spanish Armada, and The Farewell Speech
Extra Credit film: "Young Bess" (in Hedges Conference Room) |
| 16 March 04 |
16th
century France
Readings: The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, Edict of
1626, and Letters Patent Establishing the French Academy |
| 17 March 04 |
The
Scientific Revolution
Readings: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina and Galileo's
Indictment & Abjuration of 1633
PAPER on 1492 DUE at 5:00 p.m. |
| 18 March 04 |
The
Low Countries and Mercantilism
Readings: The Dutch Declaration of Independence |
| 19 March 04 |
Revolutions and Representative
Governments
Readings: Dutch Government and Radical Women During the
English Revolution
|
| Week Four |
1650-1700: Constitutionalism & Absolutism |
| 22 March 04 |
Limited
Monarchy in England
Readings: The Bill of Rights and Address to Parliament on
the French Question |
| 23 March 04 |
Absolute
Monarchy in France
Readings: Social Conditions in 17th Century France and The
Court of Louis XIV
Extra Credit film: "The Three Musketeers" (in Hedges Conference
Room) |
| 24 March 04 |
FINAL EXAM |
