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Academic Year 2005/2006
The Making of Britain: 400-1763
HIST 211 SP
This course of lectures will focus on the emergence of Britain by examining a series of formative moments and crises that blended Britons into a political, religious and ethnic community, but also differentiated them
from
outsiders. The course is therefore as much about the cultural creation of the English and the British as it is about the political events and military crises that occurred. The course begins in the 5th century, at the
moment
that the Romanized Celts in England and Scotland first felt the effects of the Germanic English invaders, and will conclude in the 18th century when England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland had been united under one
Protestant
monarch. It is a story guided by conquest, religion and ethnicity.
MAJOR READINGS
Gildas, DE EXCIDIO BRITANNIAE
Gerald of Wales, THE JOURNEY THROUGH WALES
King James VI&I, POLITICAL WRITINGS
John Foxe, THE BOOK OF THE MARTYRS
Bede, A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND PEOPLE
Milton, A
DEFENCE OF THE ENGLISH
PEOPLE
John Knox, HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND
John Locke, A LETTER CONCERNING TOLERATION
William Shakespeare, RICHARD II-HENRY V
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two examinations; two papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Class attendance.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Shaw,Gary
- Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC002;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 50)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5
- SR. non-major: 10 Jr. non-major: 10 SO: 10 FR: 10
Special Attributes:
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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