Schedule - History of Western Civilization

Schedule for Fall 2009
Section	Week	Reading	Assignment Due
Note: weeks begin on Monday and end Sunday night
Ancient World	Week 1 August 24-30	Essays Introduction, Knox Origins of Democracy, Kreis Primary Sources Aristotle on Democracy	Introduce yourself in the Student Lounge Post two other messages this week
	Week 2 August 31 - September 6	Essays The Persian Wars, Knox The Peloponnesian War, Knox Greek Philosophy, Kreis Alexander the Great, Knox Primary Sources Pericles' Funeral Oration The Old Oligarch The Melian Dialog	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 3 September 7-13	Essays The Kingdom of Rome, Hooker The Early Republic, Hooker The Conquest of Italy, Hooker Primary Sources Greek Slavery Slavery in the Roman Republic	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 4 September 14-20	Essays The Punic Wars, Knox The Roman Revolution, Knox The First Emperors, Knox Primary Sources Running for Office in Rome	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 5 September 21-27	Essays A Brief Social History of the Roman Empire, Kreis Roman Emperors, Knox Primary Sources Greek Slavery Slavery in the Roman Republic Xenophon: On Men and Women Aristotle: On a Good Wife Spartan Women Six Poems by Sulpicia	Essay for Ancient Section due Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
The Middle Ages	Week 6 September 28 - October 4	Essays Introduction, Knox The So-called Dark Ages, Knox Rise of Monasticism, Nelson Introduction to Islam, Nelson Primary Sources The Benedictine Rule The Rule of St Francis	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 7 October 5-11	Essays The Carolingian Era, Knox The Later Carolingians, Nelson Development of the Papacy, Knox Primary Sources Doctrine of the Two Powers Oaths of Fealty Capitulary on Villas	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 8 October 12-18	Essays The Tenth Century, Knox Advances in Agriculture, 800-1000, Nelson William the Conqueror, Knox The First Crusade, Knox (note: this lecture is on a different site and has no navigation back to here) Primary Sources Inventory of a Royal Estate Domesday Book Charter of Lorris	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 9 October 19-25	Essays Renaissance of the 12^th Century, Kreis Origins of Universities, Nelson The Black Death, Knox Medieval Society, Knox Primary Sources A Revolt in Laon Jack Cade's Complaints	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 10 October 26 - November 1	Essays Heresy in the Later Middle Ages, Nelson The Papacy in Avignon, Knox Hundred Years' War, Nelson Primary Sources National Monarchies in the 15^th Century, Nelson Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges Advice to a new cardinal from Lorenzo de' Medici Excerpts from Machiavelli	Essay for the Middle Ages due Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
Early Modern Era
	Week 11 November 2-8	Essays Introduction, Knox The Reformation, Knox Primary Sources Petrarch Criticizes the Papacy Condemnation of Wyclif, and his reply Martin Luther, 95 Theses	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 12 November 9-15	Essays Thirty Years War (off-site; follow all the links; there are seventeen pages in all) Primary Sources Schleitheim Confession Martin Luther, The Freedom of a Christian Statement of the Levellers	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 13 November 16-22	Essays English Civil War, Knox Primary Sources Elizabeth's speech to her troops St Bartholomew's Day Massacre	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 14 November 23-29	No assignments - Thanksgiving break
	Week 15 November 30 - December 6	Essays The Renaissance, Knox Primary Sources Poor Law, 1536 Petition of Right, 1628 The Trial of Galileo, 1630	Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board
	Week 16 December 7-13	Essays The Scientific Revolution, 1543-1600, by Steven Kreis The Scientific Revolution, 1600-1642, by Steven Kreis The Scientific Revolution, 1642-1730, by Steven Kreis Primary Sources Copernicus, Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, 1543	Essay on Early Modern Europe Post a minimum of three messages this week to the discussion board