History of
EnglandHST 260 Class Schedule
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| Week 1 |
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| Tues (1/14) | Introduction Film -- A History of Britain: Beginnings |
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| Thurs (1/16) | Prehistoric Britain | Text pp. 1-13 [3rd ed. in
black] (1-17 [4th
ed. in red]) |
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| Week 2 |
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| Tues (1/21) | The Roman Occupation | DOC
1-2 Text pp. 13-20 (18-28) MAP QUIZ #1 |
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| Thurs (1/23) | The Early Anglo-Saxons and the Conversion of Britain | DOC
3-5 Text pp. 21-29 (29-44) |
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| Week 3 |
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| Tues (1/28) | Anglo-Saxon Society | DOC 6-9 Text pp. 32-37, 41-48 (45-56, 58-65) QUIZ #1 |
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| Thurs (1/30) | Film -- Vikings | |||
| Week 4 |
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| Tues (2/4) | The Norman Conquest | DOC 10-11 Text pp. 29-32, 39-41, 51-57 (56-58, 66-79) |
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| Thurs (2/6) | Film -- The Great British Story: The Norman Yoke | MAP QUIZ #2 | ||
| Week 5 |
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| Tues (2/11) | Lords and Peasants: The Structure of Medieval Society | DOC 12-13 Text pp. 115-127 (80-84) |
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| Thurs (2/13) | Church and State in the High Middle Ages | DOC 14-15 Text pp. 57-61, 63-68 (84-91) |
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| Week 6 |
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| Tues (2/18) | The Development of the English Constitution and the Growth of Parliament | DOC 16-17 Text pp. 68-84 (91-94) |
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| Thurs (2/20) | Film -- A
History of Britain: Nations |
QUIZ #2 | ||
| February 24-28 -- Winter Break -- No Class Week 7 |
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| Tues (3/3) | Ireland, Scotland and
Wales in the Early and High Middle Ages |
DOC
18 Text pp. 37-39, 61-63, 84-89 (95-110) |
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| Thurs (3/5) | Review |
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| Week 8 |
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| Tues (3/10) | Midterm Exam | |||
| Thurs (3/12) | Expansion: Population, Towns and Trade | DOC 19-21 | ||
| Week 9 |
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| Tues (3/17) | Politics and Warfare in the later Middle Ages | DOC 22-23 Text pp. 90-112 (111-134) |
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| Thurs (3/19) | Late Medieval Religion |
DOC
24-26 Text pp. 128-139 QUIZ #3 |
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| Week 10 |
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| Tues (3/24) | Medieval Culture |
DOC
27-28 Text pp. 139-143 |
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| Thurs (3/26) |
Film --
The
Great British Story: The Great Rising |
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| Week 11 |
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| Tues (3/31) | The Early Tudors | DOC
29-32 Text pp. 153-183; (157-180) QUIZ #4 |
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| Thurs (4/2) |
Film --
The
Great British Story: Lost Worlds and New
Worlds |
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| Week 12 |
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| Tues (4/7) | Early Modern English Society |
DOC
33-34 Text pp. 261-294 (135-155) QUIZ #5 |
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| Thurs (4/9) | Film --
A
History of Britain: the Body of
the Queen |
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| Week 13 |
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| Tues (4/14) | Civil War and Revolution | DOC
35-36 Text pp. 209-260 (181-243) Film Review Due! |
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| Thurs (4/16) | Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the Later Middle Ages and the Tudor-Stuart Years | Text pp. 102, 105-106, 112-113, 143-149, 183-208 | ||
| Week 14 |
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| Tues (4/21) | Britain in the Early Modern World | DOC 37 QUIZ #6 |
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| Thurs (4/23) | Review |
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| Week 15 |
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| Tues (4/28) | Final Exam | |||
| Thurs (4/30) | Individual Meetings (Pick up exams/final grades in my office) | |||