EIU His 3100, Fall 2011, Newton Key 12:301:45, TR, Coleman 2691

History of England, 1450-1730

week 1. The Material and the Mental Worlds of the English Aug. 23. When was England? Aug. 25. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, Introduction (1-22) week 2. Getting Medieval?: Early, Early Modern English Society Aug 30. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, Introduction (22-31); group sign-up Sept. 1. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 1 (documents 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, and 1.8 [always read 1-to-2-pp. ch. intro. and bring Sources to class]); EEBO title page assignment due. week 3. 1485 Anatomized Sept. 6. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch.1 (1450-1510s) Sept. 8. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 2 (approx. 7 documents chosen by group a leaders) week 4. Henrician Church and State (Reformation and/or Tudor Revolution?) Sept. 13. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 2 (1520s-1540s) Sept. 15. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (approx. 7 pre-1547 [3.1-3.11], documents chosen by group b leaders) week 5. Reforming and Reactionary Zeal (A Little Tudors Crisis?) Sept. 20. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 3 (1540s-1550s) Sept. 22. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 3 (approx. 7 post-1547 [3.12-3.18], documents chosen by group c leaders) week 6. Elizabeth and the Isles (The Settlements) Sept. 27. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 4 (1558-85); Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 4 (approx. 7 documents [4.14.9] chosen by group d leaders) Sept. 29. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 4 (approx. 7 documents [4.104.19] chosen by group e leaders) week 7. Elizabeth and the World (The Unsettlement) Oct. 4. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 5 (1585-1603) Oct. 6. MID-TERM EXAM week 8. An Ordered Society? Oct. 11. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 6 (1500s-1640s), pp. 158-84 Oct. 13. Winstanley (movie); Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 5 (5.15.8); Tudor sources paper due week 9. An Ungovernable People? Oct. 18. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 6 (1500s-1640s), pp. 185-211 Oct. 20. Winstanley (movie); Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 5 (5.95.17) & 7.15 week 10. The Early Stuarts and the Crisis of Parliaments, 1603-41 Oct. 25. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 7 Oct. 27. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 6 (6.1, 6.4, 6.6-6.9, 6.13-6.17)

Bruno Ryves, Mercuris Rusticus (1646)

EIU His 3100, Fall 2011, Newton Key 12:301:45, TR, Coleman 2691 week 11.The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms, 1603-42 Nov. 1. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, chs. 6 & 7 (6.18-6.20, 7.1-7.5) Nov. 3. Contextualizing Winstanley EXAM week 12. Civil War and Revolution, 1642-58 Nov. 8. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 8 Nov. 10. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 7 (7 docs. 7.6-7.19 for your paper); EEBO newsbook Revolutionary England pre-assignment due week 13. Restorations, 1658-1685 Nov. 15. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, ch. 9 (1658-1685, pp. 277-300) Nov. 17. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 8 (8.1-8.2, 8.5-8.10) week 14. Another inevitable revolution? Nov. 29. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 9-10 (1685-1702, pp. 300-330) Dec. 1. Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, chs. 8-9 (8.12-8.15 & 9.1-9.5); Revolutionary England paper due week 15. The Making of a Ruling Class Dec. 6. Bucholz and Key, Early Modern, chs. 9-10 (1702-1730s, pp. 330-377); Key and Bucholz, Sources and Debates, ch. 9 (9.18-9.24) Dec. 8. 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 (# 93619) examines early modern Englandprimarily the 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. introducing (and general mastery of) a basic political and religious narrative of English history from the late 15th to early 18th centuries b. understanding how English history specifics relate to the more general 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. introducing and discussing various early modern sources, from public legal acts and parliamentary debates to private diaries and anonymous notes d. introducing 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, for pedagogical reasons (changes in due dates, readings, specific essay questions, review sheets), and announced in advance and posted on WebCT and the enhanced version of this syllabus. Please consult regularly <http://ux1.eiu.edu/~nekey/syllabi/3100.ht m>. [I offer a History of Britain and the British Empire from 1714 to the Present, His 3110, in the Spring.]

Plan of Kirk o' Field after Lord Darnley's murder (1567)

EIU His 3100, Fall 2011, Newton Key 12:301:45, TR, Coleman 2691 His 3100 is designated writing-intensive (essays may be submitted for your Electronic Writing Portfolio; please contact me beforehand). 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, doublespaced, 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 three that you would prefer to introduce to the class, and post three one-sentence descriptions/reasons why you selected same on http://earlymodernengland.blogspot.com/. I will then selection from these as to which document you will present. 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. (Think of discussion leaders as responsible for preparing the class for using those documents 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 make-up 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 three exam books by Sept. 27 to be handed out with the mid-term (15%), Winstanley/English Society (10%). or the final (20%) exam. First exam covers from about 1450 to about 1603; the second, social and cultural history from 1580s to 1640s; the third 1603-1720. The mid-term will consist primarily of statements based on factual narrative, brief interpretation, identifications, essays based on short excerpts from assigned documents, and mapping. The Winstanley/English Society exam focuses on excerpts of primary sources and ask for an in-class essay of synthesis and analysis. The final does both. Improvement during the semester will mitigate disastrous performance early on. My office is 3725 Coleman Hall (e-mail = nekey@eiu.edu). I have scheduled office hours M, T, and Th 10:00-11:15; and by appointment; and I am in my office virtually every day (email or knock).

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