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History 332 |
This course is a general survey of British History during the16th and 17th centuries, the era in which the Tudor and Stuart dynasties ruled the British isles. Major themes of the course will include the development of the monarchy and parliament, the Protestant Reformation, and the expansion of the British economy and state through overseas trade and colonialism.
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| Week 1 | The Peoples of the British Isles: Ethnicity and Rank |
| Week 2 | The Waning of the Middle Ages
text Chs 2,3 |
| Week 3 | The Tudor Way
"Richard III , Discussion text Ch 5 |
| Week 5 | Economic Change: Too Many Sheep?
text Ch 4 |
| Week 6 | Reformation Struggles
text Chs 6,7,8 (PAPER CONFERENCES) |
| Week 7 | The Divine Right of Kings (and Queens)
"Elizabeth I , Discussion text Chs 9,10 |
| Week 8 | Union of Crowns and Overseas Expansion
text Ch 11 |
| Week 9 | War of the Worldviews: Magic and Science
text Ch 13 |
| Week 10 | Puritanism
"Bartholomew Fair , Discussion |
| Week 11 | The Royal Road to War
text Ch 12 |
| Week 12 | Radicalism, Regicide and the Rule of the Saints
text Ch 14 |
| Week 13 | The Merry Monarch
"The Rover , Discussion text Ch 15 |
| Week 14 | Glorious Revolution and Rule Britannia
text Ch 16 |
| Week 15 | Ireland, Scotland and their Discontents
PAPERS DUE |