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3.00 Credits
In the year 400 AD, Western Europe was part of the still vibrant, Mediterranean-focused Roman Empire. By the year 800, Western Europe appears to have taken on a new form ¿ Carolingian, Germanic, northern. Are we faced here with a gradual transformation or with the imposition of a fundamentally different system ¿ a different political, social, and economic structure? Was one empire simply superseded by another? The course will proceed both chronologically and thematically, addressing such topics as the persistence of Roman cultural values or romanitas, the development of kingdoms and kingship, trajectories of economic change, and the nature of religious conversion. Readings will emphasize primary sources in translation. The course will introduce students to a period of what was certainly radical change in European history, but will attempt to identify more accurately the causes, speed, and nature of that change.
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The course will assess how a post-Roman kingdom was formed, defined, and defended. Britain will be considered as a venue of a "barbarian" settlement, and then we shall trace the development of the various Anglo-Saxon polities, culminating in the achievement of unity in the face of Viking and Danish challenges. We shall take account of the role of the Christian church in that unification, together with the development of legal codification and practice. The myth of English exceptionalism will be deconstructed, the kingdom's relations with other parts of Europe being more fully explored; and the "Norman Conquest" will be viewed, therefor, in that same context. The course may serve as a partial preparation for ENG 340 "Old English Literature" and ENG 341 "The World of the Anglo-Saxons."
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A survey of European history from the Renaissance and the age of discovery to the Enlightenment. Topics include the Reformation, religious wars and the Counter-Reformation; the rise of centralized monarchies; popular culture and the so-called witch craze; and the development of a capitalist economy and the emergence of a consumer society.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins in the late Middle Ages and ends in the modern world. Our starting point will be 1453, a year that marked the fall of Constantinople, the end of the Hundred Years¿ War, and the commencement of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible, and we will finish in 1815, when the Congress of Vienna reassembled Europe after the rampages of Napoleon and when Brazil ceased to be a colony, a key moment in the burgeoning Latin American independence movement. Our focus will be on early modern Europe and its relationship to the rest of the world, and topics covered will include the Renaissance and Reformation, global trade patterns, the expansion of Europe, the military revolution and the wars of religion, the rise of the nation-state, the development of republicanism and absolutism, the scientific revolution, the Enlightenment, and the multiple revolutions that close out our time period (English, American, French, and Haitian). The class will also provide an introduction to basic historical skills.
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Ireland has been invaded repeatedly throughout its history. Each wave of new arrivals has caused a renegotiation of what it means to be "Irish." This course will engage directly with that question by surveying Irish society and culture from pre-Christian times down to the end of the old Gaelic order in 1607. We will glance at Irish prehistory and then examine "Celtic" society-- its social structure, laws and literature. Next, we will trace the impact of the Christianization of Ireland on this society. We will look at the effect on Ireland of invasions by the Vikings and the Normans, and the establishments of English rule in Ireland. We will then study the varying fortunes of the competing groups in Irish society (Gaelic Irish and Anglo-Irish), analyze the advent of the Reformation in Ireland, and examine the final conquest of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth I and the passing of the old order.
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer a survey of Western Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1500), starting with the Germanic successor kingdoms to the Roman Empire and ending with the birth of the modern nation state. Students will learn about the political changes of the period, the economic growth which transformed Europe, and the central role played by the Catholic Church and its dissenters. The course will aim to offer a basic understanding of the events of this 1000 year long period, while contextualizing these events in the social, cultural, and religious shifts which shaped them. We will consider such issues as the struggle between church and 'state' in the Investiture conflict, religious roles of medieval women, the growth of towns and Renaissances. Readings will emphasize primary sources in translation. No previous knowledge of the Middle ages assumed.
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3.00 Credits
Hist 236a: The World of the Crusades will present an overview of the crusading movement from its origins in the eleventh century until the Conquistadors took crusading to the New World in the early sixteenth century. Special attention will be paid to changing conceptions of piety and violence, the Latin kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean, and intercultural interactions
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3.00 Credits
This course examines in primary and secondary texts fundamental developments in the natural sciences, medicine, and the mathematics sine 1730. These are set within historical context and the larger culture, including the responses of religion. Among the topics are Science and the Enlightenment, the Chemical Revolution, Darwinian Evolution, Relativity, Freudian Psychoanalysis, and the Age of the Universe. The principal figures include Euler, Lavoisier, Darwin, Planck, Einstein, Freud, and Curie. The course also considers the rise of modern research universities and new journals and instrumentation.
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