History 103 Dr. Cocks

History 103 Dr. Cocks 1500 Europe 2000 Spring 2015

Syllabus

Classroom: Rob 206, MWF 9:15-10:20 Office: Rob 209 Office Hours: MWF 10:30-11:30 + by appt. & happenstance Office Phone: 0390; Home Phone: 629-5795; email: [email protected] See also “Course Materials” Link at: www.albion.edu/academics /history/faculty-and-staff/12-geoffrey-cocks

Required Reading:

George Huppert, After the Black Death (college bookstore) Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood (college bookstore) Charles Dickens, Hard Times (ebrary @ Albion College Library) http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.albion.edu/lib/albion/docDetail.action?docID=2001770 Len Deighton, Bomber (college bookstore)

Lectures and Discussions

Class lectures, which are “interactive,” complement the readings by providing historical background; they are the “textbook” for the class. The readings and films serve as specific explorations of the subject matters of the lectures. It is therefore crucial that you take careful notes on the lectures, which take the form of topics and subjects presented to the class for discussion. Each lecture day will begin with a student summarizing the major issues discussed in the previous class lecture. The readings listed above offer more detailed examination of particular topics in the history of Europe since 1500. The assigned readings are to be completed before the lectures listed above them and class discussion of the readings. 25 PERCENT of your final grade is based on classroom discussion.

NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ALLOWED IN ANY CLASS SESSION OR IN EXAMS.

Examinations

There are two term examinations and a final examination. Each examination consists of short- answer identification and essay questions. Before each examination a class session will be devoted to review based on study questions provided by the instructor. 50 PERCENT of your final grade is based on these examinations. All written comments on returned examinations must be read carefully as part of the educational process. The final examination will be returned via campus mail after the end of the semester.

Papers

Each student will write a typed, one-page essay of around 250 words on the Preface (ix-xiv) of Huppert, After the Black Death, due Monday, January 26, at the beginning of class. The paper, submitted electronically via email attachment should concisely answer these questions: What does Huppert see as unique and important about the history of Europe between 1347 and 1721? In what ways does Huppert distinguish his book from other histories of the period? On which topics and people does Huppert concentrate? How does this second edition differ from the first edition of After the Black Death?

Each student will also write two typed, double-spaced (12pt font size), five-page papers submitted via email attachment on two of the three novels assigned for the course. The first must be on Sabatini, Captain Blood; the second paper MAY be on EITHER Dickens, Hard Times OR Deighton, Bomber. Each paper should analyze the novel in terms of its treatment of the historical subject matter covered in class lecture and discussion. How does each novel incorporate historical events into its fictional story? In what ways does the novel help the reader understand this history? What are the limits to a novel offering a reliable view of history? See also “Guide to Writing Critical Essays” in “Course Materials” for other possible questions to use in exploring the relationship between the history presented in class and its dramatization in the novel. DO NOT BY ANY MEANS WRITE THE PAPER AS YOU READ THROUGH THE BOOK: THIS OFTEN LEADS TO PLAGIARISM (See Course Material Page on Plagiarism). YOU ALSO MAY NOT USE ONLINE SITES IN WRITING THE PAPERS; ONLY HISTORY 103 SOURCES (BOOKS, LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, PROFESSOR) MAY BE CONSULTED FOR THESE PAPERS. THIS IS TO PREVENT PLAGIARISM FROM WEBSITES. All graded papers include comments that must be read as part of the educational process.

All papers must be submitted via email attachment by the beginning of class on the following days: SABATINI Monday, March 16; DICKENS Friday, April 10; DEIGHTON Friday, April 17. Citations to the book in the paper should put in parentheses in the text the last name of the author and the page number; for example: (Dickens, 44). 25 PERCENT of your final grade is based on these papers.

1/21, 23 Into the Modern

READING: Huppert, ix-xiv, 1-66, 164-66

1/26, 28 Country Mouse, City Mouse

1/26 HUPPERT ESSAY DUE BY 9:15 A.M.

1/30 The Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire

2/2-6 Luther

READING: Huppert, 67-100 2/9, 11 Calvin

READING: Huppert, 101-148

2/13 The Catholic Counter-Reformation

READING: Huppert 134-48

2/16-20 The Wars of Religion

READING: Huppert, 149-63

2/23 review study questions for Term Exam One 2/25 TERM EXAM ONE

2/27 Europe into the World

READING: begin Sabatini, including Introduction, vii-xxv

3/2 The Scientific Revolution

3/4-6 The Age of Absolutism

READING: continue Sabatini

3/16, 18 The Enlightenment

READING: finish Sabatini

3/16 SABATINI PAPER DUE BY 9:15 A.M.

3/20 discussion of Sabatini

3/23-27 The French Revolution, 1789-1799

READING: begin Dickens

3/30, 4/1 The Napoleonic Wars

4/3 review study questions for Term Exam Two

4/6 TERM EXAM TWO

4/8, 10 The Industrial Revolution

READING: finish Dickens; begin Deighton

4/10 DICKENS PAPER DUE BY 9:15 A.M.

4/13 discussion of Dickens

4/15-20 The Age of Nations

READING: finish Deighton

4/17 DEIGHTON PAPER DUE BY 9:15 A.M.

4/20 discussion of Deighton

4/22-27 The Cold War and Beyond

4/29 review final study questions FINAL EXAMINATION: MONDAY, MAY 4, 8-10 A.M.