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Academic Year 2000/2001

The French Revolution and the Old Regime
HIST 272 SP
Crosslistings:
FRST 211

The French Revolution, the event that opened the modern age, took place in a traditional agrarian society not all that different from many others at the end of the 18th century. Why was there a revolution in France? How did this revolution unfold? What did it achieve? This history seminar focuses on French society and culture during the ancien regime between 1610 and 1789 and on the shattering revolution that broke out in 1789. Topics to be covered include Louis XIV's court, rural and urban societ y, the Enlightenment, women and artisans, revolutionary ideology, and revolutionary political culture. Original sources in translation and works by historians will be the core course reading.

MAJOR READINGS

Possible readings include: Goubert, LOUIS XIV AND TWENTY MILLION FRENCHMEN Roche, THE PEOPLE OF PARIS Darnton, THE LITERARY UNDERGROUND OF THE OLD REGIME Levy & Applewhite, GENDER AND CITIZENSHIP IN REVOLUTIONARY PARIS Hunt, THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Doyle, THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent short (2 pp.) papers on assigned readings; leading class discussion; one research paper (15 pp) and oral report.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office. Active participation in class discussion and attendance are required.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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