Week of December 2nd

Tuesday, Dec. 4
  • Read: Absolutist political theory handouts
  • Lecture: Absolutism
  • Workshop: Discuss Reading
  • Due: Three-part summary on Rise of Absolutism
    • identify the following people:
      • Don Juan
      • William the Silent
      • Henry of Navarre
      • Cardinal Richelieu
      • Albrecht von Wallenstein
      • Gustavus Adolphus
    • prepare parallel timelines for:
      • Revolt of the Netherlands
      • Religious Wars in France
      • 30 Years' War
    • answer the following question in a 1-2 paragraph response
      • How did religious warfare lead to the rise of Absolutism in 16th-17th century Europe?
Thursday, Dec. 6
  • Read: none
  • Lecture: Clean-Up
  • Workshop: exam review
*Exam 3 - Monday, December 10th*
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Week of November 25th

Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break. I hope you all had a wonderful time with friends and family. We have two more weeks of study to complete this unit on the rise of Modern states (England, France, Spain, Holland & Germany).

*Our next exam is tentatively scheduled for Monday, December 10th.*

Monday
  • Read: none
  • Lecture: War of Three Henrys
  • Workshop: TBA
Wednesday
  • Read: Palmer 130-141 (& map on 142-3)
  • Lecture: Thirty Years' War
  • Workshop: Mapping the 30 Years' War
Friday
  • Read: Palmer 170-181
  • Lecture: Absolutism & Louis XIV
  • Workshop: Absolutist Political Philosophy
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Week of November 11

Reading for the week:

  • Palmer: 121-130
  • Ginzburg: complete
Tuesday, Nov. 13
  • Lecture: Rise of England & the Dutch Republic
  • Workshop: Essay Planning
Thursday, Nov. 15
  •  Lecture: finish rise of Atlantic states
  • Workshop: notebooks
  • Due: Ginzburg essay - respond to one of the prompts below
    • be sure to include a strong, arguable thesis
Ginzburg essay prompts:
  • Analyze various ways that Ginzburg uses the combination of oral culture and printed works represented in Menocchio's trial to challenge the assumptions of conventional top-down intellectual historiography.
  • Analyze various ways that the humanist values of the Renaissance and Reformation influenced Menocchio's religious worldview.
  • Analyze various ways that Menocchio's trial reflects the interaction of Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter Reformation projects.
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Week of November 4th

Tuesday, Nov 6
  • Read: Palmer 106-114; Ginzburg 80-95
  • Lecture: Rise of Spain & the Atlantic Economy
  • Workshop: Discuss Ginzburg
Thursday, Nov 8
  • Read: Palmer 121-130; Ginzburg 95-110
  • Lecture: Rise of England & the Dutch Republic
  • Workshop: Essay Planning
Ginzburg essay prompts:
  • Analyze various ways that Ginzburg uses the combination of oral culture and printed works represented in Menocchio's trial to challenge the assumptions of conventional top-down intellectual historiography.
  • Analyze various ways that the humanist values of the Renaissance and Reformation influenced Menocchio's religious worldview.
  • Analyze various ways that Menocchio's trial reflects the interaction of Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter Reformation projects.
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