Week One:
M (06/08) Course Introduction. Lectures on the Medieval Background of Europe.
T (06/09) Medieval Society and Worldview. Intro. to Dante. Reading Assignment: Western Civilizations, chapter 10.
W (06/10) Dante, Part One. Reading Assignment: Inferno: Skim the Introduction, read Cantos I-X, and read selections of Cantos XI-XVII as assigned in class on Tuesday.
Th (06/11) Dante, Part Two. Introduction to the Renaissance. Reading Assignment: Inferno: Cantos XVIII-XXXIV, as assigned in class.
Week Two:
M (06/15) Report on Medieval Primary Source Due. Renaissance Humanism. Renaissance Art, Part 1. Reading Assignment: Western Civilizations, ch. 12.
T (06/16) Class starts 2 hrs. late! Renaissance Art, Part 2. Discussion of Pico’s Oration on the Dignity of Man. Introduction to Machiavelli. Reading Assignment: Selections from Pico’s Oration on the Dignity of Man (available online.)
W (06/17) Machiavelli Discussion. Reading Assignment: Selections from The Prince (Available online.) Review for Test.
Th ((06/18) Midterm! Begin Reformation lecture.
Week Three:
M (06/22) The Reformation: concluded. Discovery and Expansion. Reading Assignment: Western Civilizations Chapters 11 & 13.
T (06/23) The Scientific Revolution. Reading Assignment: Western Civilizations, ch. 16.
W (06/24) Galileo, a Case Study in the Scientific Revolution. Reading Assignment: Galileo’s Letter to the Grand Duchess (available online) Western Civilizations, ch. 14, selections.
Th (06/25) Economic change and the Enlightenment. Reading Assignment: Western Civilizations, ch. 15, selections, and ch. 17.
Week Four:
M (06/29) Scientific Revolution Primary Source Reports Due. Discussion of Voltaire. Changes in society. Reading Assignment: Voltaire, Lettres Philosophiques, as assigned in class (available online.)
T (06/30) French Revolution. Reading Assignment: Western Civilizations, ch. 18, selections.
W (07/01) French Revolution, Concluded. Review.
Th (07/02) FINAL EXAMINATION.
First Written Assignment Link
Second Written Assignment Link
John Wallis on the Royal Society
Source Links
Pico: Oration on the Dignity of Man