Jan 7 Jan 8 Jan 9 Jan 12 Jan 13 Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 23 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 30 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 6 Feb 9 PART I. AUTHORITY VERSUS CERTAINTY W Jan 7 First Day of Class Map of Europe R Jan 8 e-lecture: What is History? See Coursebook What is History? Before Class Assignment In Class Guide F Jan 9 lecture: Traditional Europe Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Feudal obligations - characterize the lord/vassal relationship Medieval manor - Note the strips of land; what does this pattern represent? Imagine the relationship between parts of the manor. Ottoman empire - gazi warriors' motivation; Who were the Janissaries; fall of Constantinople in 1453-- why significant; Islamicisation of Bosnia-- why so different than elsewhere in Balkans? Map of Europe c. 1000 M Jan 12 lecture: Renaissance Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Leonardo DaVinci - How might his accomplishments have defined "Renaissance man"? Christine de Pisan - How did she set a standard for women and learning? Machiavelli, The Prince - What advice does Machiavelli give to rulers? How might The Prince have led to a change in the attitude toward and image of government? Erasmus, Praise of Folly Map of Europe c. 1500 T Jan 13 e-lecture: First European Empires: Encounters and Exploitation Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Encounters, 1492-1600 - how did Europeans interact with newly-discovered cultures and peoples? Latin America & The Conquistadors - who, what, how and why? Effect of imperialism on Europeans and Americans? European images of Americans - what do these tell us? Bartolomi de Las Casas, Defence of the Indians- On what grounds does de Las Casas criticize European imperialism? W Jan 14 discussion: Ninety-Five Theses Ninety-Five Theses F Jan 16 lecture: Reformation Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Reformation in Germany - what did you learn from images and descriptions? Europe c. 1519 M Jan 19 lecture: Consequences and Crises Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Loyola, Spiritual Exercises - what do the 18 rules tell us about Loyola's response to Protestant ideas? French wars of religion, 1562-80 French wars of religion, 1584-98 - why did religious differences cause civil conflict; what finally brought wars to an end? Map of European religious divisions T Jan 20 e-lecture: Absolutism Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Rise and Fall of French Absolutism - what did you learn from images and descriptions about how image-makers "made" the Sun King? Cardinal Richelieu, Political Testament-- What steps did Richelieu advise Louis XIV to carry out? Edict of 1626 Louis XIV, Letter to Marseilles-By ordering demolition of castles and in his letter to Marseilles, how did Louis XIV institute absolutism? Bishop Bossuet on divine right: W Jan 21 discussion: Absolutism versus Constitutionalism See Coursebook Versailles Court of Louis XIV F Jan 23 lecture: Constitutionalism Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Bill of Rights - What problems did the Bill of Rights address? What solution(s) did it present? What type of polity did it devise? M Jan 26 lecture: Black Death to Commercial Revolution Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Medieval poor people - What did you learn about the poor in medieval society? Medieval women - By exploring Visit the City and Biographies, what new insights did you gain regarding medieval women? More Medieval Women Medieval economy - Examine maps on medieval trade routes, spread of Black Death. Black Death - What were the causes of, immediate consequences of, and responses to the Black Death? Poor in 17th-century France - What did you learn about the life of poor people in the 17th-century? English parish in 1642 - By exploring Grange Farm and Images of 17th century life, what did you learn about how the elite and masses lived in the early modern era? T Jan 27 e-lecture: Science and Society Before Class Assignment In Class Guide John Kepler - Sketch Kepler's career and characterize his findings. Copernican System Telescope - Trace the development of the telescope as a scientific tool. Galileo, Letter to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany - What did Galileo believe regarding the new science? How did Galileo respond to the charges that the new science contradicted biblical truth? What did Galileo believe was the relationship between science and the Bible? Descartes, Discourse on Method - What did Descartes think about "reason"? How was he led to his "method"? What did he mean by, "I think, therefore I am"? Why was this insight important to his method? Newton, Mathematical Principles - How did he argue? What was the "foundation of all philosophy [science]"? W Jan 28 discussion: Kant and Pascal: Reason versus Faith? See Coursebook Kant "What is Enlightenment" Pascal Selections F Jan 30 lecture: War and Empire Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Seven Years' War - What were the causes? Why did the British win, and what were the consequences? Catherine the Great - Characterize her thinking about monarchy in the eighteenth century. Eighteenth Century Maritime World First Paper Due M Feb 2 lecture: French Revolution Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Robespierre, The Cult of the Supreme Being - How did Robspierrre express the Enlightenment view (deism) on religion? How did he attempt to forge a state religion? Robespierre, The Use of Terror - How did Robespierre justify the use of state terror as a weapon against individuals? T Feb 3 e-lecture: Napoleon Before Class Assignment In Class Guide Napoleon on France in 1804 - How did Napoleon see the French Revolution? How did he justify establishing the empire? Imperial Catechism - How did Napoleon attempt to use Christianity to support his rule? Remusat, Napoleon - Did you gain any insights into why Napoleon's soldiers might have idolized him? Map of Napoleon's wars - This shows Napoleon's empire at greatest extent (1811-12). What does it reveal? W Feb 4 discussion: French Revolution See Coursebook Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen Babeuf, Manifesto of the Equals F Feb 6 FIRST EXAMINATION M Feb 9 WINTER BREAK

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