T, Th 11:00-12:15, Coleman 222
History of England, 1066-1688.
week 1. When was England?
Aug. 25. Introduction.
Aug. 27. Anglo-Saxon Records, The Past Speaks, pp. 3-10; and Beowulf, handout.
week 2. Before the Norman Yoke.
Sept. 1. History of England, ch. 3, esp. from p. 42.
Sept. 3. The Past Speaks, pp. 11-20.
week 3. Norman Conquest and Feudalism.
Sept. 8. History of England, ch. 4;
Sept. 10. The Past Speaks, ch. 2.
week 4. Angevin Empire.
Sept. 15. History of England, ch. 5.
Sept. 17. The Past Speaks, ch. 4.
week 5. Medieval England.
Sept. 22. History of England, ch. 6.
Sept. 24. The Past Speaks, ch. 7.
week 6. The Hundred Years' War.
Sept. 29. History of England, ch. 7.
Oct. 1. MID-TERM EXAM I.
week 7. War of the Roses: Bastard Feudalism.
Oct. 6. History of England, ch. 8.
Oct. 8. The Past Speaks, ch. 9.
week 8. Tudor State, 1485-1525.
Oct. 13. History of England, ch. 9.
Oct. 15. Documents (handout A).
week 9. Reform and Reaction, 1525-1547.
Oct. 20. History of England, ch. 10.
Oct. 22. Documents (handout B).
week 10. Religious Zeal, 1547-1558.
Oct. 27. History of England, ch. 11.
Oct. 29. MID-TERM EXAM II.
week 11. Elizabeth and the World, 1558-1603.
Nov. 3. Roberts, History of England, ch. 12.
Nov. 5. Reformation paper due.
week 12. The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms, 1603-1641.
Nov. 10. Roberts, History of England, ch. 13.
Nov. 12. Documents (handout C); Smith, Cromwell, intro, chs. 1-2.
week 13. Civil War and Revolution, 1642-1649.
Nov. 17. Roberts, History of England, ch. 14.
Nov. 19. Smith, Cromwell, all.
week 14. Interregnum, Restoration, and Revolution, 1649-1688.
Dec. 1. Roberts, History of England, ch. 15.
Dec. 3. Cromwell paper due.
week 15. When was the English Revolution?
Dec. 8. The Past Speaks, ch. 16
Dec. 10. Conclusion.
Hist 3100 examines the narrative of English history from the Anglo-Saxons to the Glorious Revolution. It also examines specific intellectual, political, social, religious, and economic problems of the period in depth. It allows you to understand and to use the materials used by historians of early English history.
Generally, I will lecture on Tuesday and we will discuss texts on Thursday (bring The Past Speaks, handouts, or Cromwell to class). You will occasionally be required to open discussion.
The two essays due should be typed, double-spaced: the Reformation paper (5 pages, 15%), Cromwell before and after 1649 (7 pages, 20%). Note that these essays are brief, but focussed and require thought. Fluff papers receive fluff grades.
You must purchase at the University Bookstore, sign, and turn in all three exam books two weeks before the first Mid-Term. No one may take the two in-class mid-terms (15% each) or the final (20%) without an exam book. The mid-terms will consist of a mapping quiz, factual narrative, brief interpretation, identifications, and short excerpts from documents we have read and discussed. The final will focus on excerpts and questions which elicit essays of synthesis and analysis. Improvement during the semester will mitigate any disastrous performance early in the course.
Participation (based on your contribution to discussion, reports, and debates) is required (15%), though extra credit (up to 5%) can be obtained by an optional extra essay on the final. Generally speaking, more than three absences will adversely affect your participation grade. (Because it is participation that I am concerned with, I tend not to countenance "excused absences.") Of course, your grade as a whole will be lowered if your absences fall on the date of assigned oral reports or the exams. There is, of course, no make-up for reports or the final. Other make-ups will be at the professor's discretion. (Anyone with a documented disability should let me know the first week of class so that we can make appropriate accomodations.) The history department has graduate students available for tutoring. And do approach me for questions and clarifications. I will talk to you about history virtually anytime.
My office is 335 Coleman Hall (581-6360; e-mail = nekey@eiu.edu; web = www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/key/syllabi.htm). I have office hours Th 8:30-10:30; T & Th 1:30-3:00, and by appointment.