EIU His 3100 (95758), Fall 2012, Newton Key 12:301:45 pm, TR, Coleman 2751

History of England, 1450-1730

week 1. When was England? Aug. 21. Introduction. Aug. 23. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, Introduction (1-15); A Brief Cronology of Great Britain, From the first discoveries of this Isle, through the severall Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans (1656) [handout] week 2. Late Medieval English Society Aug. 28. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, Introduction (15-31); group sign-up Aug. 30. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 1 (docs. 1.11.5; always read the brief introduction to any chapter assigned); EEBO assignment due. week 3. 1485 Anatomized Sept. 4. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch.1 (1450-1510s) Sept. 6. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 2 (2.14 and documents chosen by group a leaders) week 4. Henrician Church and State Sept. 11. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 2 (1520s-1540s) Sept. 13. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (pre-1547, documents chosen by group b leaders) week 5. Reforming and Reactionary Zeal Sept. 18. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 3 (1540s-1550s) Sept. 20. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (post-1547, documents chosen by group c leaders) week 6. Elizabeth and the Isles Sept. 25. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 4 (1558-85) Sept. 27. MID-TERM EXAM I week 7. Elizabeth and the World Oct. 2. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 5 (1585-1603) Oct. 4. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 4 (4.17 and documents chosen by group d leaders) week 8. An Ordered Society? Oct. 9. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 6 (1500s-1640s, pp. 158-84) Oct. 11. Winstanley (movie); Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 5 (5.15.4); Tudor sources paper due week 9. An Ungovernable People? Oct. 16. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 6 (1500s-1640s, pp. 185-211) Oct. 18. Winstanley (movie); Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 5 (all) week 10. The Early Stuarts and the Crisis of Parliaments, 1603-41 Oct. 23. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 7 Oct. 25. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 6 (6.1, 6.4, 6.6-6.9)

Allegory of the Tudor Succession (c. 1572)

EIU His 3100 (95758), Fall 2012, Newton Key 12:301:45 pm, TR, Coleman 2751 week 11.The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms, 1603-42 Oct. 30. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, chs. 6 & 7 (6.19-6.20, 7.17.5) Nov. 1. MID-TERM EXAM II week 12. Civil War and Revolution, 1642-58 Nov. 6. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 8 Nov. 8. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 7 (at least 7 documents chosen for your paper) [online project/no class] week 13. Restorations, 1658-1685 Nov. 13. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 9 (1658-1685, pp. 277-300); Revolutionary England pre-assignment due Nov. 15. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 8 (8.18.3, 8.88.10) week 14. Another inevitable revolution? Nov. 27. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 9-10 (1685-1702, pp. 300-330); Revolutionary England paper due Nov. 29. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, chs. 8-9 (8.11-8.15, 9.1-9.5) week 15. The Making of a Ruling Class Dec. 4. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 9-10 (1702-1730s, pp. 330-377) Dec. 6. Conclusion Texts: Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History, 2nd ed. (2009) [TRS 14.835] Newton Key and Robert Bucholz, eds., Sources and Debates in English History, 1485-1714, 2nd ed. (2009) [TRS 14.900] His 3100 examines early modern Englandthe age ruled by Tudor and Stuart monarchs, but shaped by many English men and women both commoners and aristocrats. Besides the political and religious narrative, we examine sources on specific intellectual, political, social, religious, and economic issues confronting the English (and Welsh, Scottish, and Irish) peoples. 1. Course goals include: a. Understanding the basic political and religious narrative of English history from the late 15th to early 18th centuries b. Understanding how early modern English history relates to abstract concepts of statebuilding, core-periphery, religious reformations and divisions, civil war, revolution, social stratification, empire, multiple kingdoms, popular and elite culture, gender relations, millenarianism, and absolute and constitutional monarchy c. Identifying, citing (referencing), and using various early modern primary sources, from public legal acts, newspaper accounts, and parliamentary debates to private diaries and anonymous notes, especially print culture sources from images to pamphlets d. Locating and using the tools of modern research, including the Oxford English Dictionary online, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, and Early English Books Online e. Furthering ability to do history, through research and writing

Generally, I lecture on Tuesday and we discuss texts on Thursday (read Sources and Debates before and bring to class on day assigned). Any revisions to this syllabus will be limited, will be for pedagogical reasons (changes in due dates, readings, specific essay questions, review sheets), and will be announced in advance and posted on the web. Please consult regularly the enhanced version of this syllabus <http://ux1.eiu.edu/~nekey/syllabi/3100.htm>. [I usually offer History of Britain and the British Empire from 1714 to the Present (His 3110) in the Spring.]

EIU His 3100 (95758), Fall 2012, Newton Key 3 12:301:45 pm, TR, Coleman 2751 His 3100 is designated writing-intensive (essays may be submitted for your Electronic Writing Portfolio; please revise based on my comments, and let me know by email you are submitting same). One essay (5 pages, 15% of your grade) will ask you to analyze your document (presented as a group leader, see below) in context of other period documents, as well as biographical, dictionary, and secondary research. The second (7 pages, 20%) will contextualize sources on Revolutionary England (1640-60). The two focused and thoughtful essays should be typed, double-spaced, and use clear and consistent referencing (see guide http://ux1.eiu.edu/~nekey/citate.htm). Participation is required (15%, based on your presentation as group leader as well as contribution to preassignments and discussion). [Extra credit (up to 5%) can be obtained by an optional extra essay on the final.] One specific participation assignment is as a group leader. You will choose or be assigned to a group. Before your groups week, you will read one chapter of sources, select a few that you would be willing to lead, and post same list on http://earlymodernengland.blogspot.com/ (or possibly D2L, see below). I will then select from these as to which document you will help present (6-7 in each group, 1-2 presenters for each document). The group will then be responsible for presenting those documents to the class, by noting context (from EEBO, ODNB, OED, other documents, or historiography) and ask questions. (Documents presented will be included in the Mid-Term.) In order to keep us all on task and minimize distractions, lets not read newspapers, study or write for another class, text, make, or receive phone calls, email or visit non-class-related sites during class time. Generally speaking, three or less absences will not adversely affect your participation grade. (Because it is participation I seek, I tend not to ask for nor receive excuse notes from various authorities.) If you are/will be absent, please consult the online syllabus first to see what was/will be covered. Your grade as a whole may suffer if your absences fall on the date of assigned reports or exams. There is, of course, no makeup for reports or the final. Other make-ups will be at my discretion. (Anyone with a documented disability should let me know in the first week or two of class so that we can make appropriate accommodations.) History department graduate students tutor in CH 2726. And ask me for questions and clarifications. I will talk about history virtually anytime. You must purchase at the University Bookstore, sign, and turn in all three exam books more than a week before the first Mid-Term (that is by Sept. 18). No one may take the two in-class mid-terms (15% each) or the final (20%) without an exam book. First exam covers from about 1450 to about 1603; the second from about 1585 to 1642; the third 1640-1720. The mid-terms will consist primarily of statements based on factual narrative, brief interpretation, identifications, essays based on short excerpts from assigned documents, and mapping. The final includes excerpts and questions which elicit essays of synthesis and analysis. Improvement during the semester will mitigate disastrous performance early on. My office is 3725 Coleman Hall (e-mail = nekey@eiu.edu; Skype = newton.key). I have scheduled office hours M, T, W, & Th 11:00-11:50; and by appointment; and I am available virtually every day (just email, knock, or Skype). Most communication outside class eventually will be through Desire2Learn (D2L). D2L is eventually completely replacing WebCT, but has just been set up in the past few weeks. Once I have placed materials there to my satisfaction, I will explain how to access same.

C. Van Visscher. Panorama of London (1610, detail)