Historiographies are DUE by the end of the class day, Thursday, 11/6.
Book Review submissions to the Student Magazine are DUE at the latest by Friday, 11/21 to the magazine editors, Emma Koolpe and Beckett Maestas.
Long Periods: Devoted to research and writing historiographies in the library.
Head's Holiday on Friday, 11/7 - no classes.
Day 1, Monday, November 3: The Rise of Absolutism.
In-class: Introduce the rise of absolutism and Europe's social and political order, 1600-1715.
Homework for Day 3:Create an image of a primary source from independent research projects, and bring to class on Day 3 to post on the classroom wall map.
ALSO: Read, "The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty," from The West in the World, Vol II., eds. Sherman and Salisbury, pp. 391-403 (up to "The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern Europe) and prepare notes on the following key terms, persons, and questions for a graded discussion in class:
Question#1: What were the pressures that the lower orders of French society faced in the 1600s (Use primary sources for support)?
Question#2: What were the pressures that the elite orders of French society faced, and how did these pressures help lead to the rise of absolute monarchy (Use primary sources for support)?
Key Terms: The Great Chain of Being, royal absolutism, the Fronde, noblesse de robe, Edict of Nantes, Intendents, and mercantilism.
Key Persons: Bishop Bossuet, Henry IV, Cardinal Richelieu, Cardinal Mazarin, Jean Baptiste Colbert, and Louis XIV, "the Sun King".
Long Periods: Meet in library for research, writing and discussion on historiography.
Day 3: The Rise of Absolute Monarchies and France under Louis XIV, 1661-1715.
In-class: Discuss the homework readings, key terms, persons, and questions on France.
Homework for Monday, 11/10:Read "The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern Europe," from The West in the World, Vol II., eds. Sherman and Salisbury, pp.403-409 (up until the section, "The Triumph of Constitutionalism"), and prepare notes on the following questions for discussion.
Question#1: How did the struggles in everyday life and issues of sovereignty compare between Western and Eastern Europe, based on the examples of Brandenburg-Prussia, Austria, Russia and Poland?
Key Terms: sovereignty, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the (French) Wars of Aggression, the Peace of Utrecht, estates, serfs, Brandenburg-Prussia, the Hohenzollerns, Austria, the Hapsburgs, the Ottomans, the Tsars, and the Romanovs.
Key Persons: The Great Elector Frederick William, Leopold I, Jan Sobieski, Ivan IV (the "Terrible"), and Peter I (the "Great").
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