HISTORY 354 TUDOR ENGLAND SPRING 2006
Dr. Amy Thompson McCandless
327 Maybank/210B Randolph
Office Hours: 8:00-9:15 a.m.
and by appointment
953-8025/953-5527
E-Mail: mccandlessa@cofc.edu
Web: https://www.cofc.edu/~mccandla/amym.htm
HISTORY 354 TUDOR ENGLAND SPRING 2006
Dr. Amy Thompson McCandless
327 Maybank/210B Randolph
Office Hours: 8:00-9:15 a.m.
and by appointment
953-8025/953-5527
E-Mail: mccandlessa@cofc.edu
Web: https://www.cofc.edu/~mccandla/amym.htm
Purpose of the Course
The reigns of the Tudor kings and queens (1485-1603) encompass a number
of the most revolutionary changes in British history: the spread of capitalism,
the advent of the Protestant Reformation, the beginnings of the Renaissance,
the growth of nationalism. Because these developments did not affect people
in every social, religious, and economic stratum equally, contemporaries
and historians have often evaluated the same events or individuals quite
differently. Sometimes it is as important to know what people thought had
happened as it is to discover what actually did happen. By comparing different
perspectives of historical personages of the Tudor Age, the class will
illustrate some of the complexities of the historical process.
Readings
Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, Early Modern
England 1485-1714: A Narrative History
Robert Bucholz and Newton Key (ed.), Sources and Debates in English History 1485-1714
Richard Sylvester (ed.), Two Early Tudor
Lives
William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII
Carole Levin, The Heart and Stomach of
a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
Lara E. Eakins, Tudor England https://tudorhistory.org/
All readings are required and should be completed by the dates indicated in the syllabus.
Exams and Quizzes
There will be a midterm examination and a comprehensive final.
Exams will be part essay and part short answer and will cover the historical
interpretations of major personalities, events, and ideas raised in the
lectures and readings. Quizzes will be given on book discussion days.
Paper
Each student will be required to write a 10 - 15 page, typed research
paper analyzing various contemporary and historical treatments of a Tudor
ruler, politician or courtier, cultural figure, or religious leader. See
paper
worksheet for details on format and content.
Papers are due at the beginning of class on April 20. Late papers will be marked down 10 points for each day late.
Paper Presentation
Students will present the highlights of their papers to the class during
the last two weeks of the semester. See presentation
worksheet for details on format and content.
Class Participation and Attendance
Class attendance and participation improve discussions (and your grade).
Since the two lowest quiz grades will be dropped, there will be no make-ups
for quizzes. An excuse from the Dean of Undergraduate Studies will be needed
to make up exams. Seven points will be subtracted from your attendance
grade for each unexcused absence (royal policy no longer allows offenders
to be hung, drawn, and quartered). Please feel free to ask questions in
class or by e-mail or to come by my office if you are uncertain about material
in the lectures or readings.
Grading
Final grades will be based on a weighted average of the midterm (20
percent), class participation, attendance, and quizzes (20 percent), presentation
(15 percent), paper (25 percent), and final examination (20 percent).
All assignments will be given numerical scores which will be evaluated
as follows: A = 90 - 100; B+ = 86 - 89; B = 80 - 85; C+ = 76 - 79;
C = 70 - 75; D = 60 - 69; F = 0 - 59.
Jan 10 Course Introduction
Jan 12 The Social and Economic Order
Bucholz and Key 1-30; Sources and Debates 1-19
Lecture Outline
Jan 17 Wars of the Roses?
Bulcholz and Key 31-41
https://tudorhistory.org/topics/rosetudor.html
https://tudorhistory.org/topics/rosetudor2.html
Lecture Outline
Jan 19 Henry VII and the New Monarchy
Bucholz and Key 41-52;
Sources and Debates 20-43
https://tudorhistory.org/primary/description.html
Lecture Outline
Jan 24 Young Henry VIII
Bucholz and Key 52-62; start reading Sylvester
Lecture Outline
Jan 26 The King's Great Matter
Bucholz and Key 63-87; Presentation/Paper Topics Due
https://tudorhistory.org/wives/
Lecture Outline
Jan 31 Discuss: The
Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey
Sylvester vii-97
Feb 2 Discuss: The
Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey
Sylvester 97-193
Feb 7 Discuss: The Life
of Sir Thomas More
Sylvester 197-254
Feb 9 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Feb 14 Film: King
Henry VIII
Shakespeare Acts I-II
Feb 16 Film: King
Henry VIII
Shakespeare III-V
Feb 21 Discuss:
Henry VIII
Shakespeare I-V
Feb 23 Edward VI, the Protectorship, and
Protestantism
Bucholz and Key 88-103;
https://tudorhistory.org/primary/janemary/app1.html
Lecture Outline
Feb 28 Mary Tudor: Catholic Heroine or
Bloody Mary?
Bucholz and Key 104-111;
https://tudorhistory.org/primary/janemary/app13.html
Lecture Outline
March 2 Film: Elizabeth R: The Lion's Cub
SPRING BREAK
Mar 14 Young Elizabeth
Bucholz and Key 112-128
https://tudorhistory.org/poetry/elizabeth.html
Lecture Outline
Mar 16
The Old Church Defended and Attacked
Sources and Debates 44-71
Mar 21 Bedchamber Politics? Film: Elizabeth
R: The Marriage Game
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html#Response
to a Delegation on her Marriage
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html#Response
to Parliamentary Delegation
Mar 23 Discuss: The
Heart and Stomach of a King
Levin 1-90
Mar 28 Discuss: The
Heart and Stomach of a King
Levin 90-172
Mar 30 Elizabethan Iconography
Outline of Lecture; Link
to Portraits
Apr 4 The English Renaissance; Film:
Muse
of Fire
Bucholz and Key 194-200
Apr 6 The Catholic Cause
Bucholz and Key 128-144
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html#On
Religion
https://tudorhistory.org/primary/tilbury.html
Lecture Outline
Apr 11 The End of an Era? England in 1603
Bucholz and Key 144-193; Sources and Debates 72-103
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html#The
Farewell Speech, 1601
Apr 13 Paper Presentations
Apr 18 Paper Presentation
Apr 20 Paper Presentations
PAPERS DUE
Apr 29 FINAL EXAMINATION,
8-11 a.m.