HSTR 101 – Western Civilization Reading ScheduleTopic 5 – Global Encounters and the Shock of Reformation
Topic 6 – Cataclysm of World Views: Wars of Religion and Scientific RevolutionTopic 7 - Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order
Hunt Chapters 14-17Friday, Dec 2
Hunt, 431-436, Ch14, “Discovery of New Worlds Hunt, 436-443, The Protestant Reformation
Monday, Dec 5 Hunt, 444-448, Reshaping Society Through Religion
Tuesday, Dec 6 P&S Reader – The Protestant Reformation (Online)
Wednesday, Dec 7 – PEARL HARBOR DAY! (And Ella Fairbanks’ B-Day…) Hunt, 450-458, Straining for Mastery Hunt, 461-469, Ch15, “Religious Conflicts Threatening State Power
Thursday, Dec 8 Hunt, 470-472, Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648 John Lynn, “Soldiers on a Rampage” (Online) – BE SURE TO READ THIS!
Friday, Dec 9 Hunt, 481-490, Rise of the Scientific Worldview
Monday, Dec 12 Downs, 173-185 Downs, 185-191 Downs, 202-212
Wednesday, Dec 14 – BLOCK The People v. Martin Luther (Mock Trial)
Thursday, Dec 15 Mock Trials Written Work Due Hunt Ch16, 493-501 – Louis XIV: Absolutism & Its Limits
Friday, Dec 16 Hunt, 502-508 – Constitutionalism in England
Monday, Dec 19 Crane Brinton, Theory of a Revolution (online) Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War (online)
Tuesday, Jan 3 Hunt, 508-512 – Social Contract Theory: Hobbes, Locke, Outposts of Constitutionalism Hunt, 513-518 – Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe
Wednesday, Jan 4 Hunt Ch. 17, 545-554 – Consolidation of the European System Robert K. Massie, Ch 14 – “Peter in Holland” (online)
Thursday, Jan 5 Robert K. Massie, Ch 59 – “Commerce by Decree” (online)
Friday, Jan 6 Most Awesome Absolutist Debate (Projects Page)
Monday, Jan 9 In Class Final Exam Topics 5-7 Short Answers Due on MOODLE by MIDNIGHT
Tuesday, Jan 10 NHD Projects Due
How to make a King…