Research
Paper
Assignment Due
on November 29
Length:
15-20 typewritten pages
Due:
29 November 2004
Weight:
30% of course grade
Objective:
Familiarize the student with the literature and historians of Tudor and Stuart England.
The student will pick out a topic from the list provided or develop their own topic with the approval of the instructor.
Each research paper should be typed. The margins should be standard. Please do not try to conceal a short paper with over-generous margins. Everyone knows that trick. The paper should be documented with footnotes/endnotes. There should also be a bibliography of works cited. The bibliography is not part of the page total.
Schedule of due dates:
Familiarize the student with the literature and historians of Tudor and Stuart England.
Tentative topic, 10 September. This will involve turning in one typewritten page containing your name on one line and the topic you have chosen on the next.
Tentative bibliography, 27 September. This will involve turning in one typewritten page or more of bibliography. While there is no set number of items required, it ought to list at least eight books and articles.
Preliminary outline, 25 October. This can be a rough general outline of one page.
Research paper to be submitted, 29 November.
Please Note: I am putting you on this schedule so that you will work steadily on your paper throughout the semester. That way, I will get papers that are well written and well researched. For those of you who have had the research courses in history or English, please use what you learned in them. The amount of material you will need to turn on the first three dates is minimal. But I will expect it to be submitted. Papers not turned in on 2 December will have a half grade deducted for each day they are late, including the weekend.
Papers that are not typed will not be accepted. Papers containing excessive typos and misspellings will be penalized.
If you have any questions, please ask. It is permissible but not advisable to change paper topics.
Possible Research Topics
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Changing biographical interpretations of Henry VIII.
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Changing biographical interpretations of Elizabeth.
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Changing Biographical interpretations of James I.
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Changing biographical interpretations of Charles I.
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Changing biographical interpretations of Oliver Cromwell.
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Changing biographical interpretations of Charles II.
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The origins of printing in England.
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The evolution of the English navy in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries.
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The impact of military revolution on English armies.
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English participation in the African slave trade.
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English explorations to North America, the Northwest passages, the Northeast passages, circumnavigations, the English in Africa.
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The Place of Women in Tudor England.
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Popular Religion in the Sixteenth Century England.
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Historical Writing as a form of propaganda during the English Reformation.
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Geoffrey Elton as a historian of early modern England.
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Lollardy and the English Reformation.
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The beginning of the Reformation in England.
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Witchcraft in the Sixteenth Century and Seventeenth Century England.
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Peasant Revolts in Tudor England.
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Catholicism under Elizabeth I.
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Local government in Tudor and Stuart England.
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Arminianism in the English church.
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Puritanism in English society.
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Law and order in early modern England.
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Higher education in Tudor and Stuart England.
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Popular movements during the English Civil War (Levellers, Diggers, and Ranters, etc.)
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Controversies over the interpretation of the English Reformation.
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Privateering voyages against the Spanish.
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Military aspects of the English Civil War.
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The evolution of theaters in Tudor England.
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Protestantism and early Tudor drama.
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Censorship in early modern England.
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The regulation of theaters in early modern England.
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English attitudes to foreigners in early modern England.
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Religious toleration in early modern England.
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Also, if you are interested in theology, literature, art, or music during the Renaissance and Reformation, please feel free to suggest a topic. If you are not certain about a topic but have a general area you are interested in, I would be glad to help you develop one.
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