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History 258A:
Blood, Heresy and Treason Under the Tudors and Stuarts
Dr. Bucholz Sec 001
MW 2:45-4:00 p.m. Mund 520
Office: Crown Center 521 Phone 8-2594
Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:30; 4:30-5:30 and by appointment: call
508-2594 or E Mail [email protected]
Welcome to a survey of the major political, social, economic,
religious, and cultural developments in
England under the Tudors, Stuarts and early Hanoverians. This
course will cover the history of England
during the most crucial and interesting period in that history.
Between the accession of the House of
Tudor in 1485 and the accession of George III in 1760, England
transformed itself from a feudal and
relatively minor European state, poorer than contemporary
Belgium, the military equivalent of, perhaps,
Denmark into 1) a constitutional monarchy; 2) the wealthiest and
most powerful nation on Earth; and 3)
what one recent book has called “the first modern society.” In
other words, in explaining these 3
centuries of English history, we will be explaining an awful lot
about the next 2 1/2 centuries, and so a
great deal of the world in which we live. Topics include the
aftermath of the Wars of the Roses; the
English Reformation; Elizabethan and Jacobean culture and
society; the English Civil War and Glorious
Revolution of 1688; the wars against Louis XIV; and the rise of
England as a great power. Along the way
we will meet such intriguing personalities as Richard III, Henry
VIII, Sir Thomas More, Elizabeth I,
William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, Nell Gwynn,
and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of
Marlborough. Trust me, you will never forget them.
Week Dates Topic Readings
1 Jan 14, 16 England in 1485: The Land Bucholz, Intro.
(beg.)
2 Jan. 23 England in 1485: The People Bucholz, Intro.
(concl.)
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Key, Chap. 1
3 Jan. 28, 30 Settling the Henrician State, 1485-1525 Bucholz,
Chap. 1
Key, Chap. 2
–Document Analysis due, Jan. 30--
4 Feb. 4, 6 Unsettling the Henrician Church, Bucholz, Chap.
2
1525-1536 Key, Chap. 3 (beg.)
5 Feb. 11, 13 Reform and Reaction, 1536-1547 Bucholz, Chap. 3
(beg.)
Key, Chap. 3 (cont’d.)
6 Feb. 18, 20 Edward VI and Mary, 1547-1558 Bucholz, Chap. 3
(concl.)
Key, Chap. 3 (concl.)
–Document Chapter Analysis due, Feb. 20--
7 Feb. 25, 27 The Elizabethan Settlement, 1558-1588 Bucholz,
Chap. 4
Key, Chap. 4 (beg.)
--Mid-term Break, Mar. 4-10–
8 Mar. 11, 13 The Elizabethan Unsettlement, 1588-1603 Bucholz,
Chap. 5
Key, Chap. 4 (concl.)
--Mid-term Examination, Mar. 13—
9 Mar. 18, 20 The Early Stuart Polity 1603-1625 Bucholz, Chap. 7
(beg.)
Key, Chap. 6 (beg.)
10 Mar. 25, 27 The Early Stuart Polity, 1625-1642 Bucholz, Chap.
7 (concl.)
Key, Chap. 6 (concl.)
11 Apr. 1, 3 Civil War and the Search for Stability, Bucholz,
Chap. 8
1642-1660 Key, Chap. 7
12 Apr. 8, 10 Restoration and Revolution, 1660-1688 Bucholz,
Chap. 9
Key, Chap. 8
13 Apr. 15, 17 The Rage of Party, 1689-1714 Bucholz, Chap.
10
Key, Chap. 9 (beg.)
–Documents-based Essay due Apr. 17—
14 Apr. 24 The Whig Stability 1714-1760 Bucholz, Conclusion
England in 1760: The Land and its People Key, Chap. 9
(concl.)
--Final Examination, May 3--
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Texts:
R. O. Bucholz and N. E. Key, Early-modern England 1485-1714: a
Narrative History (2nd ed., Wiley-
Blackwell, 2009) ISBN 978-1-4051-6275-3.
N. E. Key and R. O. Bucholz, Sources and Debates in English
History 1485-1714 (2nd ed., Wiley-
Blackwell, 2009) ISBN 978-1-4051-6276-0.
Required Work:
Classroom Participation 10 pts.
Document Analysis, due Jan. 30 5 pts.
Document Chapter Analysis, due Feb. 20 10 pts.
Mid-term Examination, Mar. 13 25 pts.
Document-based Essay, due Apr. 17 25 pts.
Final Examination, May 3, 4:15-6:15 25 pts.
100 pts.
Attendance and Classroom Participation:
Attendance is not, in itself, required, except on scheduled
examination days. However, you are
responsible for all material covered in lectures. The alert
student will also note that participation in
classroom discussion will account for ten percent (10%) of the
final grade.
Lectures and Reading Assignments:
You are required to read the main texts, R. O. Bucholz and N. E.
Key, Early-modern England 1485-1714:
a Narrative History (2nd edn., Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) and N. E.
Key and R. O. Bucholz, Sources and
Debates in English History 1485-1714 2nd edn., Wiley-Blackwell,
2009), in conjunction with the lectures
as outlined on the syllabus. The instructor reserves the right
to fall behind the schedule of lectures so
outlined. You will not be held responsible for periods not
covered in lectures.
Classroom discussion (10 pts) will center around issues raised
by the instructor and documents assigned
from Sources and Debates in English History or handouts. In
addition, students are encouraged to ask
questions and offer intelligent comments at any time.
Written Work:
Students will write a series of three short papers based on
documents in Sources and Debates as follows:
a. The Document Analysis, worth 5 points, will require a brief
(2 page) analysis of one document from
Sources and Debates in Early Modern England, assigned by the
instructor.
b. The Document Chapter Analysis, worth 10 points, will require
a short (5 page) paper answering a
historical question using the documents from a chapter of
Sources and Debates in Early Modern
England, chosen by the instructor.
c. The Documents-based Essay worth 25 points, will require a
medium length (10-12 page) paper
answering a broad historical question using at least seven
documents from Sources and Debates in
English History, which you have chosen yourself. These are to be
footnoted or end-noted,
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following the form outlined in K. L. Turabian, A Manual for
Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations (7th edition, Chicago, 2007).
Late work will be accepted at the discretion of the instructor
and will be subject to a penalty of
one (1) point per day of lateness without exception. No paper
will be accepted after the final
examination.
The two Examinations (25 pts each) will involve short answer
identifications and/or a choice
from among several general essay questions.
A “make-up” mid-term examination will be given only in the event
of a serious medical or family
emergency, and will tend to be more difficult than the scheduled
examination because of its
necessarily more restricted pool of possible questions.
Students must take the final examination as scheduled, without
exception. No early or late final
examination will be given.
Academic Dishonesty:
The penalty for academic dishonesty of any kind (including the
consultation of your own notes,
mobile devices, or the work of another student during
examinations; or plagiarism of
written work) will be a grade of zero (0) on the examination or
written assignment on which
cheating occurred. The zero will be averaged with the other
grades in calculating the final grade
and the incident will be reported to the Dean of your
College.
“Plagiarism” is defined as the copying or close paraphrasing of
another person's work, whether
living or dead, published or unpublished, internet or hard-copy,
without crediting that person in a
citation or footnote. Where such a citation is provided, such
copying or paraphrasing is still
deemed to constitute plagiarism if done to excessive length
(three sentences or more without
quotation marks). “You also plagiarize when you use [uncredited]
words so close to those in your source, that if your work were
placed next to the source, it would be obvious that you could not
have written what you did without the source at your elbow.”1
Finally, you are equally prohibited from plagiarizing yourself,
i.e., submitting work for this class that has already been
submitted, or which contains substantial portions already
submitted, for another class at the primary, secondary or
post-secondary (college and university) level. Submission of such
work will also result in a grade of zero (0) for the assignment and
reportage to the Dean. If there is any doubt in your mind about
this, please ask!
1. Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams,
The Craft of Research, 2d ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1995), 167.
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