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HIST211
The Making of Britain: 450-1688
HIST211 SP
Crosslistings: MDST205
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 40 | 9 | Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
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 17th 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 VII, POLITICAL WRITINGS
Bede, A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND PEOPLE
Milton, A DEFENSE 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
Three papers.
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.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Shaw, G
- Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 2
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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