Syllabus
HIST 4362
Tudor-Stuart England
1485-1688
Spring 2004
2:00 MW
Credit: three semester hours
Instructor: Dr. Ronald Fritze
Office: Irby 421
Office Hours: 3:30-5:30 MW and 12:00-1:0 and 2:00-4:00 F; or by appointment.
Required Texts:
Bucholz and Key, Early Modern England
Graves, Henry VIII
Milton, Samurai William
Website:
For Website at Planet Clio, go to: www.corndancer.com/vox/cliolinker.html
This site has the syllabus posted along with other class materials.
Course Requirements
and Grading System:
| Undergraduate credit: midterm |
350 pts. / 35% |
| final |
350 pts. / 35% |
| Graves and Milton quizzes |
100 pts. / 10% |
| book review |
100 pts. / 10% |
| historical novel review |
100 pts. / 10% |
| TOTAL |
1000 pts. / 100% |
| S C A L E |
| 900-1000 |
A |
| 800-899 |
B |
| 700-799 |
C |
| 600-699 |
D |
Policies and Particulars
Attendance in class is an important part of this course. The instructor reserves the right to take appropriate action when a student's lack of attendance adversely affects performance in class.
Exams will be a combination of essay and objective questions. The midterm will cover the first half of the course and the final will cover the last half. Quizzes will also combine essay and objective questions.
Assignments should be turned in on the date they are due. Otherwise the instructor will be forced to deduct a late penalty.
Important University Policies: Students should familiarize themselves with all policies listed in the Student Handbook, especially those dealing with:
1) Sexual Harassment (beginning on p. 109 of the 2004-2005 Student Handbooks);
2) Academic policies (beginning of p. 34 of the 2004-2005 Student Handbook.
The University of Central Arkansas adheres to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need an accommodation under this Act due to a disability, contact the UCA Office of Disability Services at 450-3135.
Course Timeline
NOTE: All chapter assignments are to Bucholz and Key.
| A U G U S T |
| 23 |
Introduction and Setting |
| 25 |
The Tudors and the Wars of the Roses. (ch. 1) |
| 30 |
Reign of Henry VII |
| S E P T E M B E R |
| 1 |
Beginning of Henry VIII's reign. |
| 8 |
Era of Wolsey |
| 13 |
King's Great Matter and Sir Thomas More (ch. 2) |
| 15 |
Thomas Cromwell and the Reformation Parliament. (ch. 3) |
| 20 |
Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace |
| 22 |
Fall of Cromwell and Henry VIII's last days. (QUIZ on Graves) |
| 27 |
Edward VI's reign and Protector Somerset |
| 29 |
Fall of Northumberland and Queen Mary's early years. |
| O C T O B E R |
| 4 |
Marian Persecution and Protestant Reformation. |
| 6 |
MIDTERM |
| 11 |
Elizabethan Settlement and the 1560s (ch. 4) |
| 13 |
Elizabethan Settlement and the 1560s, continued (ch. 4) |
| 18 |
Elizabethan Foreign Policy to 1588 |
| 20 |
Elizabethan Foreign Policy from 1588-1603 (ch. 5) |
| 25 |
Elizabethan and Jacobean Church |
| 27 |
Elizabethan and Jacobean Church (ch. 6) |
| N O V E M B E R |
| 1 |
James I (ch. 7) |
| 3 |
Politics of the 1620s |
| 8 |
Charles I's Personal Rule (QUIZ on Milton) |
| 10 |
Outbreak of the Civil War (ch. 8) |
| 15 |
Civil War |
| 17 |
Commonwealth, Republic and Restoration (ch. 9) |
| 22 |
Charles II and James II reigns |
| 29 |
Charles II and James II reigns (ch. 10 and Conclusion |
| D E C E M B E R |
| 1 |
catch up day |
| 10 |
FINAL at 10:00 am |
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