Spring 2003
Schedule
| January 14 |
Introduction |
| January 21 |
No class Familiarize yourself with the period by reading one of the recommended textbooks. |
Part I: The Cradle of a Modern Culture
| January 28 |
Read John Hale's The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. Discussion facilitator: Henry Montelongo |
| February 4 |
Read William Bouwsma's John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait. Discussion facilitator: Ray Johnson |
| February 11 |
Read John O'Malley's Trent and All That: Renaming Catholicism in the Early Modern Era. Discussion facilitator: Skyler Nielsen |
| February 18 |
Read Peter Dear's Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambition, 1500-1700. Discussion facilitator: Jason Murray |
| February 25 | Read Dena Goodman's Republic of
Letters: A Cultural History of the French Enlightenment. Discussion facilitator: Alicia Rivera |
| March 4 | No class - Paper 1 due |
Part II: The Inception of the Modern State Top
| March 11 |
Read Lauro Martines's Power and Imagination. Discussion facilitator: Camille Simmons |
| March 18 |
Read William Beik's Absolutism and Society in Seventeenth-Century France. Discussion facilitator: John Berg |
| March 25 | No Class - Spring Break |
| April 1 |
Read Geoffrey Parker's The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800. Discussion facilitator: John Boland |
| April 8 |
Read François Furet's Interpreting the French Revolution. Discussion facilitator: Russell Hongola |
| April 15 | No Class - Paper 2 due |
Part III: And Yet, Not Modern: Early Modern Society Top
| April 22 |
Read Merry Wiesner's Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. Discussion facilitator: Jennifer Ayers |
| April 26 |
Read Jonathan Dewald's The European Nobility, 1400-1800. Discussion facilitator: James Sigala |
| May 6 |
Read Natalie Zemon Davis's The Return of Martin Guerre. Discussion facilitator: Kelly Hobbs |
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May 13 |
Final Exams Week - Paper 3 due |