STUART
ENGLAND, 1603-1714 SPRING 2005
Instructor: Dr. A. McCandless
Office: 327 Maybank / 210B Randolph Hall
Telephone: 953-8025 / 953-5527
E-mail: mccandlessa@cofc.edu
Web: https://www.cofc.edu/~mccandla/amym.htm
Hours: 8:00-9:15 TR, or by appointment
Purpose of the Course
History 355 will examine the economic, political, social, and cultural
changes which occurred in England from the accession of the first Stuart
king in 1603, through the Interregnum, and to the accession of the first
Hanoverian king in 1714. Lectures and readings will cover various
ideological and historical interpretations of important individuals, events,
and ideas and consider the major contributions of the period to the creation
of modern political, social, economic, and cultural conceptions and
practices.
Required Reading
Bucholz and Key, Early Modern England
Abbott, Life Cycles in England 1560-1720
Lagomarsino and Wood, The Trial of Charles
I
Smith, Cromwell and the Interregnum
Miller, Glorious Revolution,
2nd edition
Documents on web sites as indicated
Handouts as provided
Debates
Students will be expected to participate in one of three classroom
debates (scheduled for 15 February, 17 March, and 12 April), focusing on
controversial events/issues/ideas of the Stuart period. Each debate
team will be divided in half and one half will argue the affirmative and
the other the negative side of the question. Debates will focus on
the conflict between Charles I and parliament, the nature of Oliver Cromwell's
rule, and the claims of William III and Mary II to the throne. See Debate
Worksheet for details on format and content.
Paper
In conjunction with the debates, each student will write an essay analyzing
the issues involved in his/her debate. The paper should summarize
the major points of each side and explain why one interpretation is more
plausible than another. Papers should be approximately ten - fifteen
typewritten pages and will be due on 26 April. See Paper
Worksheet for details.
Quizzes and Tests
There will be a midterm examination and a comprehensive final.
Both short answer and essay questions will be asked. Pop quizzes
will also be given occasionally on daily readings (to keep everyone inspired).
Class Participation and Attendance
Class participation is an essential part of the course (I dislike talking
to myself). Daily attendance is highly recommended since a considerable
part of the lecture material is not covered in the outside readings and
excessive absences will detract from your understanding of the period (and
from your grade). Please feel free to ask questions in class or e-mail
me about issues raised in the lectures or in the readings.
Grading
The following grading scale will be used: A = 90 - 100; B+ =
86 - 89; B = 80 - 85; C+ = 76 - 79; C = 70 - 75; D = 60 - 69. The final
grade will be computed as follows: Midterm examination--20 percent;
pop quizzes, class participation, and attendance--20 percent; debates--20
percent; debate paper--20 percent; final examination--20 percent.
COURSE TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Assigned material should be read before the designated date on the
syllabus.
Jan 13 Course Introduction
John Warren, "Whig History: (https://www.history-ontheweb.co.uk/concepts/whighistory53.htm)
Jan 18 The Social Order
B&K 152-193; Gregory King (B&K 354-355); Lecture
Outline
Jan 20 The Political Background
B&K 133-151; Lecture Outline
Jan 25 The Cultural Milieu; Film:
The
Muse of Fire
B&K 194-200; "Muse of Fire" handout
Jan 27 The Wisest Fool in Christendom?
B&K 201-222; Lecture Outline
Feb 01 Church Reform
"The Authorised Version of the Bible"; Millenary
Petition
B&K 222-225; Lecture Outline
Feb 03 Scottish King/English Constitution
Commons Petition; Lecture Outine
https://www.admin.northpark.edu/dkoeller/Classes/Sources/JamesI.html
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/james1-trew2.html
Feb 08 "Baby" Charles
B&K 226-237; Lecture Outline
https://www.britannia.com/history/docs/petition.html
Feb 10 Debate teams meet; no class
Feb 15 FIRST DEBATE: Was Charles I
Guilty of Treason?
Labomarsino and Wood, The Trial of
Charles I
Feb 17 Civil War
B&K 238-255; Lecture Outline
https://www.baylor.edu/~BIC/WCIII/Essays/charles.1.html
Feb 22 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Feb 24 The World Turned Upside Down:
Political Radicalism
B&K 255-264; Lecture Outline
https://www.strecorsoc.org/docs/agreement.html
https://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/levellers.html
https://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/reading/core4-02r06.htm
Mar 01 The World Turned Upside Down: Religious
Radicalism
https://exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/index.html
(Look at Diggers, Fifth Monarchists, Quakers, and Ranters)
Mar 03 The Weaker Vessel
"Base Impudent Kisses" handout; Lecture
Outline
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17women.html
SPRING BREAK
Mar 15 Film: Cromwell
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/macauley-cromwell.html
https://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1644cromwell-marston.html
Mar 17 SECOND DEBATE: Was Oliver Cromwell
the protector of England's ancient rights and liberties?
Smith, Cromwell and the Interregnum
Mar 22 Royal Charles
B&K 265-288; Lecture Outline
Mar 24 The Restoration
B&K 265-288; Lecture Outline
Mar 29 Discuss: Life
Cycles in England
Abbott 5-145
Mar 31 John Evelyn's Diary: Plague, Fire, and
Politics
https://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/1914/ed_main.html
Apr 05 Discuss: Life
Cycles in England
Abbott 151-303
Apr 07 The Scientific Revolution; Film: Science Revises the Heavens (The Day the Universe Changed, Part 5)
Apr 12 THIRD DEBATE: Were William and Mary
the "legitimate" rulers of England?
Miller, The Glorious Revolution
https://jacobite.ca/documents/index.htm
Apr 14 The Glorious Revolution
B&K 288-301; Lecture Outline
https://www.britannia.com/history/docs/rights.html
Apr 19 Tories and Whigs
B&K 302-317
https://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/texts/french_question.html
Apr 21 Semper Eadem?
B&K 317-339; Lecture Outline
https://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/occasion/scrofula.html
Apr 26 England in 1714; PAPERS
DUE
B&K 340-376
May 3 FINAL EXAMINATION
8:00
- 11:00 am