HIS 3533

Celtic History 3 credit hours

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Jennifer Knight College of Arts & Sciences , Department of History SOC 151 Tuesdays & Thursday s, 9:30-10:45 Office hours: Tuesdays 10:45 -12:00 (and by appointment)

Instructor’s Office: SOC 262

e-mail: [email protected]

PURPOSE AND CONTENT: Throughout the ages, the Celts have been one of the most enduring and influential peoples on history and society; yet, the Celts are often disregarded as peripheral, and are usually only superficially treated in discussions of European history. In this course, we will discuss the history of the Celtic peoples in the Iron Age, the Roman period, and the early histories of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in the medieval period. While Celtic history admittedly suffers from a lack of reliable narrative accounts, the medieval Celtic nations do possess one of the richest traditions of surviving literature, law, and poetry in all of Europe. This material offers exceptional insight into medieval Celtic culture, which will also be investigated in this course.

Course Objectives:

• To provide an overview of the history of the Celtic peoples. • To show how the Celts influenced and were influenced by broader European history • To show how the Celts responded to the invasion of the large imperial power of Rome • To show how the modern Celtic countries developed in the early Medieval period

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Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• understand and discuss the history of the Celtic peoples from the Iron Age up to the Norman period. • interpret how different historians have debated and analyzed elements of Celtic Studies. • critically analyze primary and secondary resources. • write, read, and discuss this period of Celtic History effectively • recognize that cultural systems experience historical and geopolitical processes differently by showing how the Celts responded to the invasion of the large imperial power of Rome and how Celtic nationalism shaped the formation of modern European countries in different ways. • analyze cultures as complex systems shaped by relations of power and interdependence by examining how the Celtic people influenced and were influenced by broader European history

EUH 3533 “Celtic History” is certified as a Global Citizens course and may be used to fulfill partial requirements of the Global Citizen Awards upon successful completion of the course (final grade of B or higher).

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING:

Midterm Examination: 25% Final Examination: 30% GCP Midterm Response Paper: 15% Term Project or Paper: 20% Attendance and Participation: 10% (Students who anticipate the necessity of being absent from class due to the observation of a major religious observance must provide notice of the date(s) to the instructor, in writing, by the second class meeting.)

Grading Policy – • Grading scale: A+ = 97-100; A = 94-96.9; A- = 90-93.9; B+ = 87-89.9; B = 84-86.9; B- = 80-83.9; C+ = 77-79.9; C = 74-76.9; C- = 70-73.9; D+ = 67-69.9; D = 64-66.9;D-=60-63.9 F = <60 • this course may not be taken for S/U • Students may only request ‘I’ grades for legitimate extenuating circumstances, and must do so before the final week of classes. • Late work may be accepted at the discretion of the instructor, and will typically be assessed with a minimum penalty of -10 points.

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EXAMS: This course will require you to complete a Midterm and a Final exam. Exam format will be a combination of term identification, short answer, and essay questions. There will be an in-class review prior to each exam.

GLOBAL CITIZENS PROJECT MIDTERM RESPONSE PAPER: This paper will respond to a prompt regarding the topic of the Boudiccan Rebellion. Required length is 750(minimum)-1000 words, or around 3-4 pages (standard formatting rules apply: double space, 1 in margins, 12 pnt font). Full assignment description including prompt will be posted to Canvas.

TERM PAPER/PROJECT: This course will require you to create a project or compose a research paper on a topic of your choice related to Celtic Studies. Optional topic suggestions will be provided, though you are encouraged to propose your own original ideas. Physical projects must be accompanied by a short paper describing the project and its historical significance. Project submissions will be graded on quality, detail, accuracy, and effort. Written assignments (including those accompanying physical projects) will be graded on these factors as well as clarity and technical accuracy. Full assignment description and optional prompts/project suggestions will be posted to Canvas.

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION: Your regular attendance of class meetings, as well as your engagement (i.e. being awake, asking questions, and participating in discussions, not on Facebook, not talking to friends, etc.) will both be considered for this portion of the grade.

UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DISHONESTY POLICY: Plagiarism: Plagiarism is defined as “literary theft” and consists of the unattributed quotation of the exact words of a published text, or the unattributed borrowing of original ideas by paraphrase from a published text. On written papers for which the student employs information gathered from books, articles, web sites, or oral sources, each direct quotation, as well as ideas and facts that are not generally known to the public at large, or the form, structure, or style of a secondary source must be attributed to its author by means of the appropriate citation procedure. Only widely known facts and first-hand thoughts and observations original to the student do not require citations. Citations may be made in footnotes or within the body of the text. Plagiarism also consists of passing off as one’s own segments or the total of another person’s work. Cheating: Cheating is defined as follows: (a) the unauthorized granting or receiving of aid during the prescribed period of a course-graded exercise: students may not consult written materials such as notes or books, may not look

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at the paper of another student, nor consult orally with any other student taking the same test; (b) asking another person to take an examination in his/her place; (c) taking an examination for or in place of another student; (d) stealing visual concepts, such as drawings, sketches, diagrams, musical programs and scores, graphs, maps, etc., and presenting them as one’s own; (e) stealing, borrowing, buying, or disseminating tests, answer keys or other examination material except as officially authorized, research papers, creative papers, speeches, other graded assignments, etc. (f) Stealing or copying of computer programs and presenting them as one’s own. Such stealing includes the use of another student’s program, as obtained from the magnetic media or interactive terminals or from cards, print-out paper, etc. The University of South Florida has an account with an automated plagiarism detection service which allows instructors to submit student assignments to be checked for plagiarism. I reserve the right to submit assignments to this detection system. Assignments are compared automatically with a huge database of journal articles, web articles, and previously submitted papers. The instructor receives a report showing exactly how a student's paper was plagiarized. In accordance with privacy laws, students are not required to include personal identifying information, such as name, in the body of the document. In accordance with privacy laws, students are not required to include personal identifying information, such as name, in the body of the document.

Punishment Guidelines: The student who submitted the subject paper, lab report, etc., shall receive an “F” with a numerical value of zero on the item submitted, and the “F” shall be used to determine the final course grade. It is the option of the instructor to assign the student a grade of F or FF (the latter indicating dishonesty) in the course.

Student Academic Grievance Procedures - http://www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/0708/arcsagp.htm

In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Canvas, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It's the responsibility of the student to monitor Canvas site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.

NOTE: Tape recording of lectures is not permitted except in extenuating circumstances and with the prior permission of the instructor. Materials from

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Students with disabilities are responsible for registering with Students with Disabilities Services in order to receive academic accommodations. SDS encourages students to notify instructors of accommodation needs at least 5 business days prior to needing the accommodation. A letter from SDS must accompany this request.

REQUIRED BOOKS: All required course readings will be posted to the Canvas site. Recommended supplementary reading: John Haywood Historical Atlas of the Celtic World

A NOTE ON READING ASSIGNMENTS: The reading assignments are intended to supplement and prepare you for each week’s meeting, but are not a substitute for attending class. I will assume that you have done the relevant reading before coming to lecture. Above all, you need to be aware that the readings and class lectures are both equally important to your success in this class, and in ensuring that you get the most out of the time you are investing here. Further, I will expect you to display familiarity with the themes in the reading in your papers and examinations.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES: (provisional and subject to change)

WEEK I - Introduction and Understanding Celticity

Tuesday 8/22- Introduction, Review of Syllabus, Class Expectations

Thursday 8/24- What is a Celt? : The ‘Celticity’ Debate Reading assignment: Patrick Sims-Williams, “‘Celtomania’ vs. ‘Celtoscepticism,’” pp. 1-15, 33-35. Miranda Green, “Who were the Celts?”pp. 3-7.

WEEK II - The Celtic Iron Age

Tuesday 8/28- Hallstatt Culture Reading assignment: Barry Cunliffe, “Barbarian Europe and the Mediterranean,” pp. 47-67

Thursday 8/30 - La Tène Culture Reading assignment: Barry Cunliffe, “The Migrations 400-200 BC,”pp. 68-90.

WEEK III - The Iron Age, continued; Celtic Paganism

Tuesday 9/5 - Celtic Britain Reading Assignment: Nora Chadwick “La Tène Art in Britain and Ireland,”pp.233- 258

Thursday 9/7- Celtic Paganism Reading assignment: Miranda Green, “The Gods and the Supernatural,” pp. 465- 488 ` Proinsias Mac Cana, “Mythology and the Oral Tradition, Ireland,”pp.779-784 Sioned Davies, “Mythology and the Oral Tradition, Wales” pp. 785-791

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Classical Sources on the Druids, selections

Week IV - Roman Gaul & Britain

Tuesday 9/12- Roman Gaul Reading assignment: Julius Caesar The Conquest of Gaul, selections

Thursday 9/14 - Roman Britain & collapse of the Empire Reading assignment: Tacitus, Speeches of Calgacus and Agricola Hobbs and Jackson, Roman Britain, selections

Week V – The Boudiccan Rebellion

Tuesday 9/19 - The Boudiccan Rebellion: Film “Warrior Queen” Reading assignment: Christoph Bulst, “The Revolt of Queen Boudicca in A.D. 60,”pp. 496-509

Thursday 9/21- Discussion, Image vs. Reality Reading assignment: Boudicca in the ancient authors, selections Assignment Due: Response Paper on Boudiccan Rebellion (see canvas for full assignment description)

Week VI – Celtic Women

Tuesday 9/26- Celtic Women Reading assignment: Fergus Kelly, “Law of Persons: Woman,”pp. 68-90; 134-37 Lisa Bitel, “’Do Not Marry the Fat Short One’: The Early Irish Wisdom on Women,” pp. 137-159

Thursday 9/28- Midterm Review

WEEK VII – Midterm Exam

Tuesday 10/3- Midterm Exam

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Thursday 10/5- - NO CLASS (I will be presenting at a Celtic Studies conference)

WEEK VIII- Wales

Tuesday 10/10- Political History of Wales Reading Assignment: John Davies, A History of Wales. Chapter 3 “Dinas Powys, Catraeth and Llantwit Major”, pp. 44-66 Chapter 4 “Aberffraw, Dinefwr and Mathrafal”, pp. 80-101

Thursday 10/12- Early Welsh Literature and Culture Reading Assignment: The Mabinogi, excerpts

WEEK IX - Ireland, Political History, part 1 and Early Irish Literature

Tuesday 10/17- Ireland before the Vikings Reading Assignment: Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Early Medieval Ireland Chapter 2 “Kingdoms, Peoples, and Politics, AD400- 800”, pp. 41-62

Thursday 10/19- Early Irish Literature Reading Assignment: The Táin, excerpts

WEEK X - Celtic Saints

Tuesday 10/24- Saints Reading Assignment: Kim McCone, “An Introduction to Early Irish Saints Lives,” excerpts

Thursday 10/26- Video: In Search of Ancient Ireland: Saints Reading Assignment: Charlie Doherty, “The Problem of Patrick,” pp. 15-18 8

WEEK XI - Samhain; Celtic Christianity

Tuesday 10/31- Samhain!! A fun class meeting for the Celtic festival of Fall when the boundaries between this world and the síd are at their weakest

Thursday 11/2– ‘Celtic’ Christianity: Early Christian Ireland Reading Assignment: Kathleen Hughes and John Bannerman, “The Church and the World in Early Christian Ireland,”pp. 99-116

WEEK XII – Ireland, Part 2; Early Scotland

Tuesday 11/07- Ireland, Political History, Part 2: From Viking invasions to the coming of the Normans Reading Assignment: Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Chapter 9 “The Viking Age”, pp. 233-269 Clare Downham, “The Battle of Clontarf in Irish History and Legend,”pp. 19-23

Thursday 11/09- The ‘Northern Mosaic’ and the formation of Alba Reading Assignment: Thomas Owen Clancy & Barbara Crawford, “The Formation of the Scottish Kingdom,”pp. 28-70.

WEEK XIII - Scotland con’t; Early Medieval Celtic Society

Tuesday 11/14- Video: A History of Scotland

Thursday 11/16: Early Irish and Welsh Law & Society Reading Assignment: Fergus Kelly, A Guide to Early Irish Law, pp. 1-38 Assignment Due: Term Project or Paper (full assignment description on Canvas)

WEEK XIV - NO CLASSES

Tuesday 11/21- University designated Reading Day

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Thursday 11/23- Thanksgiving Holiday Break

WEEK XV - The Celt in the Modern World:

Tuesday 11/28– Where are they now?: The Celt in the Modern World Reading Assignment: Philip O’Leary, “’What Stalked through the Post Office?’: Pearse's Cú Chulainn, ”pp. 21-31 Glanville Price, “The Celtic Languages Today,” pp. 804-813

Thursday 11/30- Review for Final Exam

FINAL EXAM: Thursday, Dec. 7th ; 7:30-9:30

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