HISTORY 351 FALL 2006
TUDOR-STUART
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David Itzkowitz Old
E-mail: itzkowitz@macalester.edu (O)
x6216
Office Hours: Tuesday 10-12; Wednesday 9:30-10:30 Other times by
appointment
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In
this course, we will look at a number of facets of English life, politics, and
society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In particular, we will
focus on a number of major themes including the emergence of the English nation; the struggle
between royal and parliamentary authority;
the English roots of the American tradition; and the relation of social structure,
religious belief and political action.
REQUIRED
BOOKS:
Christopher
Haigh, ENGLISH REFORMATIONS
Carole
Levin, THE HEART AND STOMACH OF A KING
Garrett
Mattingly, THE ARMADA
William
Shakespeare, KING HENRY V
David
Underdown, FIRE FROM HEAVEN
William
Wycherley, THE COUNTRY WIFE
All
of the above are available at Macalester textbooks
There
will also be a number of articles on reserve or in hand-out form.
We
will meet three times each week for lecture and discussion. Although formal attendance will not be
taken beyond the first week or so, regular attendance is expected and class
participation will be considered in assigning grades. It is also expected (and
assumed) that the reading, which may be considerable, will be done on
time. Falling behind is not the best way
to go.
As
indicated on the course outline, students will be expected to complete three
(3) written assignments. Completing all
three is a requirement for passing the course.
The three papers are due October 4, November 7, and December 8. LATE
PAPERS WILL HAVE THEIR GRADES REDUCED.
Reasonable
accommodations will be provided for students with physical, sensory, cognitive,
learning, and psychological disabilities.
Please contact the Disability Services Office located at Macalester
Health Services, 696-6275, to discuss accessing accommodations.
EXCEPT
IN VERY UNUSUAL CASES, INCOMPLETES WILL NOT BE GRANTED IN THIS COURSE.
COURSE
OUTLINE
Like
all things in this world, this outline is subject to sudden change.
Week
of:
September 6 and 11 Sixteenth-century
Documents, as distributed
J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry
VIII, Ch 1-3 handout
E. W. Ives, Anne
Boleyn, Ch. 1-2 handout
September 18 and 25 The English Reformation
Haigh, English Reformations (Pts 1-2 for 1st week; pt 3
for
second
week
Roper, Life of Sir Thomas More (reserve)
NO CLASS MEETING,
OCTOBER 2
FIRST PAPER DUE: OCTOBER
4, IN CLASS.
October 2 Tudor Government
and Society
G. Elton, “The Political Creed of Thomas Cromwell”
G. Elton, “Victims and Victors”
J. Hurstfield,
“Was There a Tudor Despotism After All?”
October 9, 16, and 23 Elizabethan
Levin, Heart
and Stomach
Mattingly, Armada
Shakespeare, Henry V
David Cressy, “Agnes Bowker’s Cat” (handout)
We will also schedule time to watch one full
production of HENRY V and selected scenes from at least one other production
OCTOBER
27 IS MID-TERM BREAK
October 30 Puritanism and Society
Underdown, Fire from Heaven,
pp. 1-166
November 6, 13, and 20 Civil War and Revolution
Underdown, Fire from Heaven,
pp. 167-268
Conrad Russell, “The British Problem and the
English
Civil War”
Nicholas Tyacke,
“Puritanism, Arminianism, and Counter-Revolution”
Conrad Russell, “The Man Charles Stuart”
David Wooton, “From
Rebellion to Revolution”
Donald Pennington, “The War and the People”
C. V. Wedgewood, “The
Trial of Charles I”
Johann Sommerville, “Oliver Cromwell and English Political Thought”
NO CLASS MEETING,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
THANKSGIVING RECESS,
NOVEMBER 24-28
Week of:
November 27, December 4,
December 11
Wycherley, Country Wife
Articles, tba