Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

 Thomas Jefferson

Dr. Paul B. Hatley

HIST 3013, ZAP # 2305, TR 11:00–12:15 PM, PH 314

Office Hours: MWF 3:15–5:00 PM, R 1:00–5:00 PM Auditorium Basement ("The Bunker") 116

Also by appointment: (918) 343-7682 or phatley@rsu.edu

Feel free to contact me through e-mail, over the telephone, or visit my office.

SYLLABUS–SPRING 2002

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course surveys the economic, social, political, and intellectual history of Europe from the Italian Renaissance to the present day. Particular emphasis is placed upon major developments of the period to include the Protestant Reformation, Absolutism, the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, Napoléon Bonaparte, and the World Wars.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: After successfully completing this course, students will be able to identify and discuss major political, social, and religious movements of Modern European history. They will also be prepared to analyze historical information and formulate their own opinions.

STRUCTURE AND EXPECTATIONS: The course is divided into the research topics listed below and covers one or two topics each week. At each meeting, selected members of the class will have chosen a topic, and will present a two-or three-page talk to his/her fellow students; the other members are encouraged to ask questions of the presenter. Because individual topics comprise a greater whole, it is important that students are always prepared to present on their assigned dates. Presentations will be typed, double spaced, using a twelve-point font such as Times New Roman or Century Schoolbook, and will contain a bibliography of sources consulted. Students should also understand that class attendance is considered when determining the final course grade, thus it is important to attend even when not presenting. Unlike the traditional classroom/lecture setting, this course requires participation by each and every member. Preparation is essential, and silence in this course is NOT golden. Hopefully, if all participants are prepared for each session, and enthusiastic about contributing and pooling their individual findings, we will have a productive and stimulating semester. This syllabus is subject to revision if necessary.

Merriman, John M. A History of Modern Europe: from the Renaissance to the Present.

The text and Bluebooks should be available at RSU’s Barnes & Noble College Bookstore—Claremore.

T 15 January – Introduction to Modern Europe.

R 17 January – The Italian Renaissance: Merriman or "Text," pp. 47–86.

T 22 January – The Protestant Reformation: Text, pp. 87–125.

Research Topics:

Bernard of Clairvaux                                                  Great Schism

Pope Boniface VIII                                        Conciliar Movement (Conciliarism)

Pope Clement V                                                        John Wycliffe

Pope Gregory XI                                                            Jan Hus

Babylonian Captivity                                 Council of Constance (AD 1414–1417)

R 24 January – Protestant Reformation (cont.): Text, pp. 125–137.

Research Topics:

Jacob Fugger                                                                Ninety-five Theses

Albrecht von Mainz                                                       Erasmus of Rotterdam

Johann Tetzel                                                                 Philip Melanchthon

Martin Luther                                                                 Katharina von Bora

Elector Friedrich III, "the Wise" (r. 1486–1525)             John Calvin

Pope Leo X                                              Transubstantiation vs. Consubstantiation

T 29 January – The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648): Text, pp. 138–159.

Research Topics:

Emperor Ferdinand II (1578–1637)             Defenestration of Prague (1618)

Elector Friedrich (Frederick) IV (r. 1592–1610)           Johan Tilly

Elector Friedrich V (r. 1610–1623), "Winter King"    Battle of White Mountain (1620)

Evangelical (Protestant) Union (1608)            King Christian IV (Denmark)

Catholic League (1609)                                   Albrecht von Wallenstein

R 31 January – The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648): Text, pp. 159–177.

Research Topics:

Edict of Restitution (1629)                                    Battle of Lützen (1632)

Cardinal Richelieu                                                 Karl Gustav Wrangel (Sweden)

King Gustavus Adolphus                                       Battle of Nördlingen (1634)

Henri de Turenne                                                  Battle of Zusmarshausen (1648)

Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)                                   Peace of Westphalia (1648)

T 05 February – Conflicts in Stuart England: Text, pp. 232–255.

Research Topics:

Magna Carta (1215)                                             William Laud

George Villiers                                                       Long Parliament (1640–1660)

King James I (r. 1603–1625)                                 Oliver Cromwell

King Charles I (r. 1625–1649)                               New Model Army

The Petition of Right (1628)                                    General George Monck

R 07 February – The Glorious Revolution (1688): Text, pp. 255–273.

Research Topics:

King Charles II (r. 1660–1685)                         King James II (r. 1685–1688)

Exclusion Crisis (1678–1681)                            William and Mary (r. 1688–1702)

Habeas Corpus Act (1679)                                Anglicanism

Declaration of Indulgence                                   English Bill of Rights (1689)

Test Act (1673)                                                  John Locke (1632–1704)

T 12 February – The Age of Absolutism: Text, pp. 274–299.

Research Topics:

Estates General                                             Versailles

Cardinal Mazarin                                           Intendants

Parlement of Paris                                          Five Great Farms

The Fronde                                                    Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683)

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet                     Edict of Nantes (1598); Revocation (1685)

R 14 February – VALENTINE’S DAY; The Age of Absolutism (cont.): Text, pp.299–323.

Research Topics:

Emperor Leopold I (r. 1658–1705)                            Drunken Council of Fools

Friedrich Wilhelm (r.1640–1688), "Great Elector"      King Charles XII (Sweden) (r.1660–1718)

King Friedrich Wilhelm I (r.1713–1740)           Suppression of the Streltsy (1698)

Tsar Ivan IV (r.1533–1584), "the Terrible"       Great Northern War (1700–1721)

Tsar Peter I (r. 1682–1725), "the Great"            Treaty of Nystadt (1721)

T 19 February – The Scientific Revolution—The Changing Cosmology: Text, pp. 327–337.

Research Topics:

Aristotle (384–322 BC)                                    Nicholas Copernicus (1473–1543)

Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC)            Tyco Brahe (1546–1601)

Clausius Ptolemy (AD 85–165)                        William Gilbert (1544–1603)

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)                            Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)

Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464)                        Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)

R 21 February – The Scientific Revolution: Text, pp. 337–353.

Research Topics:

Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626)               Jan Komensky (Comenius; 1592–1670)

René Descartes (1596–1650)                  Martin Mersenne (1588–1637)

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727)                Edmund Halley (1656–1742)

Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677)                   The Royal Society of London (1662– )

Gottfried Leibnitz (1646–1716)                 Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673)

T 26 February – The Industrial Revolution: Text, pp. 336–398.

Research Topics:

James Kay                                                                  James Watt

James Hargreaves                                                      Matthew Boulton

Richard Arkwright                                                      John Wilkinson

Edmund Cartwright                                                     Henry Cort

Thomas Newcomen                                                    Peter Onions

R 28 February – The Enlightenment: Text, pp. 399–441.

Research Topics:

David Hume                                                                Voltaire

John Locke’s tabula rosa                                            Paul-Henri Holbach

George-Louis Buffon                                                    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Montesquieu                                                                 Gotthold Lessing

Denis Diderot                                            Friedrich II (r.1740–1786), "the Great"

T 05 March – French and Indian War (1754–63)/Seven Years’ War (1756–63): Text, pp. 442–462.

Research Topics:

Friedrich II (r.1740–1786), "the Great"                General James Wolfe

Maria Theresa (r.1740–1780)                              Louis Joseph Montcalm

Empress Elizabeth (r.1741–1761) Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Québec, 1759)

Tsar Peter III (1761–1762)                                  Treaty of Hubertusberg (1763)

William Pitt the Elder (1708–1778)                       Treaty of Paris (1763)

R 07 March – Origins of the American Revolution (1764–1775): Text, pp. 462–480.

Research Topics:

George Grenville                                               Boston Massacre (1770)

Sugar Act (1764)                                              Intolerable Acts (1774)

Stamp Act (1765)                                             First Continental Congress (1774)

Declaratory Act (1766)                                     King George III (r.1760–1820)

Townshend Acts (1767)                                    Thomas Paine’s, Common Sense

T 12 March – The American War for Independence (1775–1781)

Research Topics:

Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775)           Battle of Trenton (1776)

Second Continental Congress (1775)                 Battle of Princeton (1777)

Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)                               Battle of Saratoga (1777)

Declaration of Independence (1776)                  Battle of Cowpens (1781)

Battle of Long Island (1776)                              Siege of Yorktown (1781)

R 14 March – Origins of the French Revolution: Text, pp.493–506.

Research Topics:

King Louis XVI (r.1774–1792)                          Assembly of Notables

Marie Antoinette (r. 1774–1792)                        Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot                              cahiers de doléances:                                                                        lettres de  cachet, taille, and corveé

Jacques Necker                                                  National Assembly (1789)

Charles-Alexandre de Calonne                            Tennis Court Oath (1789)

T 19 March – SPRING BREAK—NO CLASS

R 21 March – SPRING BREAK—NO CLASS

T 26 March – The French Revolution: Text, pp. 506–547.

Research Topics:

Marie-Joseph-Paul de Lafayette               March of the Women (5 October 1789)

The Great Fear (1789)                             Constituent Assembly (1789)

Night of 4 August 1789                            Bastille

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789)        George-Jacques Danton

Jean-Paul Marat                                       Toussaint L’Ouverture

R 28 March – The French Revolution (cont.)

Research Topics:

Olympe de Gouges                                                     Edmund Burke

Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790)                        Thomas Paine

Sans-culottes                                                             Mary Wollstonecraft

Flight to Varennes (1791)                                           Declaration of Pillnitz (1791)

Émigrés                                           Braunschweig (Brunswick) Manifesto (1792)

T 02 April – The Wars of the French Revolution and the Rise of Napoléon

Research Topics:

September Massacres (1792)                                 The Terror (1793–1794)

Valmy (1792)                                                         The Directory (1794–1799)

Charles-François Dumouriez                                   The Consulate (1799–1802)

Maximilien Robespierre                                          Code Napoléon

Committee of Public Safety                                     Joseph Fouché

R 04 April – Napoléon and Europe: Text, pp. 548–586.

Research Topics:

Concordat (1802)                                         Heinrich Karl vom und zum Stein

Order of the Legion of Honor                        La Grande Armée (Grand Army)

Peace of Amiens (1802)                                Leipzig (Battle of the Nations, 1813)

Battle of Trafalgar (1805)                              Treaty of Paris (1814)

The Continental System                                 The Hundred Days (1815)

T 09 April – Revolutions in Latin America

Research Topics:

No assigned topics

R 11 April – The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848: Text, pp. 587–636; 715–749.

Research Topics:

No assigned topics

T16 April – The Unification of Germany: Text, pp. 765–778.

Research Topics:

Junkers                                                           The Danish War (1864)

King Wilhelm I (r. 1861–1888)                       Austro-Prussian War (1866)

Otto von Bismarck                                          Emperor Napoléon III

Albrecht von Roon                                          Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)

Helmuth von Moltke ("the Elder")                    Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)

R 18 April – The Origins of the Great War: Text, pp. 1003–1035.

Research Topics:

First Moroccan Crisis (1905)                         Black Hand

Second Moroccan Crisis (1911)                    Gavrilo Princip

Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz                              Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

Archduke Franz Ferdinand                             The Schlieffen Plan

Sophie                                                           Helmuth von Moltke ("the Younger")

T 23 April – The Great War (1914–1918): Text, pp. 1037–1084.

Research Topics:

Joseph Joffre                                                   Battle of Passchendaele (1917)

HMS Lusitania                                       Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (1917)

Battle of the Marne (1914)                             The Zimmermann Telegram (1917)

Battle of the Somme (1916)                           General John J. Pershing

Nivelle Offensive (1917)                                Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918)

R 25 April – The Rise of the Nazi Third Reich: Text, pp. 1139–1151; 1165–1167; 1175–1222; 1230–1238.

Research Topics:

The Treaty of Versailles (1919)                       Treaty of Rapallo (1922)

Weimar Republic                                            Beer Hall Putsch (1923)

Friedrich Ebert                                               Enabling Act (1933)

Rosa Luxemburg                                            Anschluss (1938)

Spartakusbund                                             Munich Conference (1938)

T 30 April – The Second World War (1939–1945)

Research Topics:

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939)     Pearl Harbor (1941)

The "Phony War"(1939–1940)                     Wannsee Conference (1942)

The Fall of France (1940)                            Operation Blau (Blue) (1942)

Battle of Britain (1940)                                Operation Overlord (1944)

Operation Barbarossa (1941)                      Yalta Conference (1945)

R 02 May – Conclusions Great and Small

T 07 May – FINAL EXAM—11:00 AM-1:00 PM

GRADING: Seventy-five percent of the course grade is determined by the student’s performance on the presentations and class participation; the score on the final examination accounts for the remaining twenty-five percent. The final comprehensive examination, based upon information provided BOTH in class and in the assigned readings, requires the student to demonstrate an understanding of selected themes in Modern European history. Grades are straightforward: A= 100–90, B= 89–80, C= 79–70, D= 69–60, F= 59 and below.

ATTENDANCE: Absolutely required. Missing classes will certainly hurt performances on the final exam and written assignments. Students are expected to take notes during class, participate in discussions, and ask questions if something in the discussion is unclear. Students who miss class are expected to obtain class notes, handouts, and/or assignments from other class members.

ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: Anyone who may require an accommodation under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1993) should contact the instructor as early as possible at the beginning of the course. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Office of Student Relations located on the Claremore Campus.

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT: Rogers State University regulations require that I inform you that plagiarism is representing someone else's ideas or work as your own ideas or work. To avoid plagiarism when using someone else's data, arguments, designs, words, ideas, projects, et cetera, you must make it clear that the work originated with someone else by citing the source. Students are expected to follow university policies as put forth in the institution's Student Code of Responsibilities and Conduct (this information can also be accessed on line at http://www.rsu.edu/scode/. In accordance with Title 12 of the Student Code (page 11), instances of alleged academic misconduct will follow the policies and procedures as described in Title 12. As a general rule, Faculty at Rogers State University have the responsibility of enforcing the academic code. Therefore, if academic misconduct is suspected, I will submit a letter of alleged academic misconduct to the Office of Student Affairs.

NON-ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT: In order to maintain an effective learning environment, students are expected to comply fully with the Student Code. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. It is the responsibility of each student to read and become familiar with the policies of the Student Code.