EIU His 3100, Fall 2008, Newton Key
T, Th 14:00-15:15, Coleman 2741
http://ux1.eiu.edu/~nekey/syllabi/3100.htm
Syllabus as pdf (brief version)
History of England, 1450-1730
- Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative
History (2004)
[TRS 13.906]
- Newton Key and Robert Bucholz, eds., Sources and Debates in English History,
1485-1714 (2004) [TRS 12.755]
week 1. When was England?
- Aug. 26. Introduction.
- Aug. 28. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, pp. 1-14
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week 2. Late Medieval English Society
- Sept. 2. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, "Introduction"
- Sept. 4. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 1 (intro. & docs. 1.1-1.3 & 1.5-1.6 & 1.8)
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week 3. 1485 Anatomized
- Sept. 9. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch.1
(1450-1510s)
- Sept. 11. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 2 (readings below, lead by group "a")
- 2.3 Richard III's Proclamation against Henry (June 23, 1485) {Avis C.}
2.4 Henry's Speech to his Army before the Battle of Bosworth Field (August 22?, 1485; from Hall's Chronicle, pub. 1548) {Tyler W.}
2.x The Declaration of “Richard IV” (ca. 1485) [handout] {Kayla D.}
2.5 Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbeck and Others (November 18–December 4, 1499) {Erin?}
2.y Articles against Cardinal Wolsey, signed by the Lords (December 1, 1529) [handout] {Dan O.}
2.11 Submission of Two Ulster Chiefs (August 6 and October 1, 1541) {Derrick J.}
- group b recommendations due
- Bosworth
- Lancastrian/Tudor and Yorkist Family Tree
- Henry VII's Face
(allows you to rearrange it; of no educational value, but humorous
if you are a Yorkist)
- Tudor England: Images
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week 4. Henrician Church and State
- Sept. 16. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 2 (1520s-1540s)
- Sept. 18. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (pre-1547, lead by group "b")
- Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (pre-1547)
3.1“The State of Melford Church…as I, Roger Martyn, Did Know It” (ca. late sixteenth century) Hannah M
3.2 Confession of John Pykas of Colchester (March 7, 1527) Amy S
3.x Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn (n.d., ca. July 1528) [handout] Julie C
3.y Cardinal Campeggio, Papal Legate in England, to Jacobo, Cardinal Salviati, secretary to Pope Clement VII (October 25, 1528) [handout] Julie C/Benjamin J
3.4 Answer of the Ordinaries (1532) Benjamin J/Michelle D
3.z Submission of the Clergy (May 15, 1532) [handout] Michelle D
3.5Pontefract Articles (December 2–4, 1536) Trisha S
- group c recommendations due (Monday)
- Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn (1520s)
- Act in Restraint of Appeals; Act of Supremacy (1532, 1534)
- Thomas Cranmer on Henry VIII's divorce (1533)
- Pilgrimage of Grace (1536)
- Suppression of Glastonbury Abbey (1539)
- Act of Six Articles (1539)
- English Reformation Sources
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week 5. Reforming and Reactionary Zeal
- Sept. 23. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 3 (1540s-1550s)
- Sept. 25. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (post-1547, lead by group "c")
- 3.x Anne Askew’s “Sum of My Examination Afore the King’s Council at Greenwich” (1546, pub. 1547) [handout] Ashley B
3.6 Cranmer's Answer to the Fifteen Articles of the Devon Rebels (1549) Shannon C
3.y The Vocacyon of Johan Bale (1553) [handout] Christina G
3.7 Robert Parkyn's Narrative of the Reformation (ca. 1555) Andy L
3.z Report on Marian Persecution to Philip of Spain from Simon Renard at London (February 5, 1555) [handout] Kayla F
3.9 The Elizabethan Injunctions (1559) Erin A-S
- Religious Developments and Government Officials under Mary
- English Reformation Sources
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week 6. Elizabeth and Isles
- Sept. 30. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 4 (1558-85)
- Oct. 2. MID-TERM EXAM I
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week 7. Elizabeth and the World
- Oct. 7. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 5 (1585-1603)
- Oct. 9. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 4 (1558-1603, lead by group "d")
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week 8. An Unordered Society?
- Oct. 14. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 6 (1500s-1640s), pp. 152-69
- Oct. 16. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 5 (lead by group "e")
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| week 9. An Ungovernable People?
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week 10. The Early Stuarts and the Crisis of Parliaments,
1603-1641
- Oct. 28. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 7
- Oct. 30. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 6 (pp. 134-46 and docs. 6.1-6.6)
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week 11. The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms, 1603-1642
- Nov. 4. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 6 (pp. 146-53 and docs. 6.7-6.15)
- Nov. 6. MID-TERM EXAM II
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week 12. Civil Wars and Revolution, 1642-1653
- Nov. 11. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 8 (pp. 238-258)
- Nov. 13. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 7 (intro. & 7 docs. chosen for your paper)
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week 13. Restorations
- Nov. 18. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 8-9 (153-1685, pp. 255-288)
- Nov. 20. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 8 (intro. & doc. 8.1 & 8.6-8.10)
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week 14. Another inevitable revolution?
- Dec. 2. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 9-10 (1685-1702, pp. 288-317)
- Dec. 4. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 9 (part 1
of intro. & docs. 9.1-9.6)
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week 15. The Making of a Ruling Class
- Dec. 9. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 9-10 (1702-1730s, pp. 317-344)
- Dec. 11. Conclusion
- Final Exam
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His 3100 examines early modern England--the age of the Tudors and the Stuarts. Besides the political and religious narrative, we examine sources on specific intellectual, political, social, religious, and economic issues confronting the English (and Scottish and Irish) peoples. It allows you to understand and to use the materials used by historians of early English history.
A History of Britain and the British Empire from 1714 to the Present, His 3110, is usually offered in the Spring (Spring 2009 I will teach at Harlaxton College in UK offering Modern Britain, Irish History, and English Revolutions; see me, if interested in a semester abroad).
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