Each of you will submit a short writing assignment by 8 a.m. on class days. You are to write one or two paragraphs (but not more than one page) summarizing the most significant or revealing points in the day's readings. You are also to articulate questions you have of the material, including at least one substantive, open-ended question that lends itself to different interpretations and could serve as the basis of a discussion. The assignments are to be type-written and may be submitted through email or placed in my mailbox.
Jan. 7:
The Continental Influence
RRR, 1-9 (Erasmus, Castiglione, Machiavelli)
Jan. 9:
English Humanists
RRR, 10-20 (Elyot)
Jan. 12:
English Humanists
RRR, 21-35 (More)
Jan. 14:
The Origins of the Reformation
Smith, 3-26; RRR, 36-38 (Fish)
Jan. 16:
Reformation, Theology, and Polemics
RRR, 39-48 (Tyndale, More)
Jan. 19:
The Reformation and Henrician England
Smith, 27-56; RRR, 49-52 (Statutes of the Henrician Reformation)
Jan. 21:
Politics and Society in Henrician England
Smith, 57-64; L.B. Smith, 13-53
Jan. 23:
Henry VIII
L.B. Smith, 54-110
Jan. 26:
Henry VIII
L.B. Smith, 110-163
Jan. 28:
Henry VIII and Edward VI
L.B. Smith, 163-190; Smith, 65-77, 88-97
Jan. 30:
Mary Tudor
Smith, 78-87; RRR, 53-55 (A Short Description of Antichrist)
Feb. 2:
EXAM 1
Feb. 4:
The Religious Settlement and Politics
Smith, 101-125; RRR, 56-65 (Foxe)
Feb. 6:
The Elizabethan Polity and Politics
Smith, 126-145; RRR, 104-113 (d’Ewes)
Feb. 9:
Foreign Policy, War, and Crisis
Smith, 155-161, 221-224, 233-239, 246-250; RRR, 102-103 (Oration Military)
Feb. 11:
Puritans: Church Government and Liturgy
Smith, 147-151, 240-244; RRR, 66-73 (Field and Wilcox, Barrow)
Feb. 13:
Puritans: Theology and Practical Divinity
RRR, 74-86, (Perkins, Downame)
Feb. 16:
Puritans and Anti-Puritans
RRR, 89-93, 195-198, 211-214 (Gifford, Hooker)
Feb. 18:
Catholics
Smith, 151-154, 244-245; RRR, 94-101 (Parsons, Cecil)
Feb. 20:
Body, Soul, and Cosmos
Smith, 195-203; RRR, 178-194 (Hill, Valentius, Abernethy)
Mar. 2:
Music and Natural Law
Smith, 210-218; RRR, 199-210 (Hooker)
Mar. 4:
Human Nature, Civilization, and History
Mar. 5:
FIRST DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
Mar. 6:
Economy and Society
Smith, 165-188; RRR, 117-125 (Smith, Mun)
Mar. 9:
Order, Rebellion, and Popular Culture; The Family
Smith, 188-201; RRR, 114-116, 126-138 (Exhortation, Robin Hood, Glass of Godly Love)
Mar. 11:
SECOND EXAM
Mar. 13:
The Family; "The Question of Women"
RRR, 139-156 (Diaries, Anger, Cavendish, Astell)
Mar. 16:
Magic, Witchcraft, and the Witch Hunts
Smith, 204-209; RRR, 157-177 (Chelmsford Witches, Witches Apprehended, Scot, James I)
Mar. 18:
James I
Smith, 224-232, 251-267; RRR, 232-237 (James I)
Mar. 20:
Charles I and the Origins of the English Civil War
Smith, 268-284; RRR, 238-247 (Prynne, Laurentz, Petition of Right and His Majesty’s Declaration and Speech)
Mar. 23:
Charles I and the Origins of the English Civil War
Smith, 285-299; RRR, 247-254 (Nineteen Propositions and His Majesty’s Answer)
Mar. 25:
Civil War and Revolution
Smith, 303-319; RRR, 255-267 (King Charles’s Trial and Speech)
Mar. 27:
Cromwell, the Commonwealth, and the Protectorate
Smith, 320-345, 364-368; RRR, 280-286 (The Good Old Cause)
Mar. 30:
Politics and Theory: Levellers and Diggers
Smith, 346-354; RRR, 268-279 (Agreement of the People, Putney Debates, Winstanley)
Apr. 1:
Politics and Theory: Milton and Harrington
Apr. 3:
Politics and Theory: Hobbes
RRR, 292-302 (Hobbes)
Apr. 6:
The Scientific Revolution
RRR, 310-316 (Bacon, Newton)
Apr. 8:
Reason and Religion
Apr. 10:
Reason and Religion
Smith, 369-374
SECOND DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
Apr. 13-17:
FINAL EXAM