History 3 F09

Prof. Kathleen Addison

T-Th 9:35-11:00

Kathleen.addison@csun.edu

818-389-7915

OH:  11:15-12:00, faculty media center

And by appt

 

 

History of England to 1703

 

This is a course in the history of England from its earliest recorded times to the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution.  We will explore the “discovery” of England when it was simply known as Albion, Britannia, as a variety of principalities, until the arrival of the Angles and Saxons who gave the country her name.  There is a lot of romanticism about the history of England, and we will explore the origins of that mythology as well as the hard and fast history of “this realm, England.” 

 

Text:  We’ll be using Roberts, Roberts and Bisson’s, A History of England, pre-history to 1714, Vol 1 by Pearson Publishing, 2008.  (ISBN-10: 0136028616 | ISBN-13: 9780136028611).   You may, for extra credit, do a response paper to an assigned film or book, such as Josephine Tey’s Daughter of Time or one of the Shakespearean Histories.  

 

Exams:  You will have two midterms and a final, as well as a paper or project to be defined.  The exams are bluebook essay format.  Study guide and proximate exam questions will be submitted to the class five days prior to each exam.

 

Paper:  Your class paper/project involves your reading on an area of interest to you within the scope of this course (England up to 1603).  I will provide you with a recommended reading list when you have chosen a topic, and you will do a book precis and review based on your choice.  This will be due in the 12th week of class.  All work must be your own and you will be expected to adhere to the college codes of conduct in your writing assignments.  All work must be annotated and footnoted appropriately.  IF you have not taken English 101 yet or are unfamiliar with how to write a college paper, please see me for a referral to the campus writing lab.  

 

Plagiarism:  Don’t.  I will show no mercy.  You are expected to be familiar with the college’s code of ethics and what the results will be if you attempt plagiarism.  The minimum you will receive is an F in the class, as well as disciplinary action from the Dean.  Plagiarism and cheating are inclusive of, but not limited to, using any portion of work produced by another person and submitting it as your own; submission of material used previously for another class; use of unauthorized, unattributed, and uncredited materials in your work; use of outside materials in a testing situation.  None will be tolerated.

 

Classroom behavior:  You are expected to come to class in a timely fashion and be polite to your fellow classmates as well as me.  Do not engage in extraneous conversations, distracting behavior or interruptions of class time.  While I am not the academic police, I expect that your laptops will be utilized for note-taking purposes and not surfing the web, playing solitaire, etc.  You MAY NOT use cell phones in class, either for making or receiving calls (inadvertently or otherwise), nor for texting.  If you are texting in class, you will receive one warning.  Further violations of this policy will result in your being excused from the class for the day.  You are welcome to drink coffee (or whatever) as long as you clean up after yourself.  I expect you will be able to sit through an entire class without leaving to make a phone call, check your email, grab breakfast, or other things you can do when class is over.  If you need to leave early for an appointment that cannot otherwise be avoided, please sit by the door and let me know you will be leaving.  More than 6 absences over the course of the semester will result in a failing grade.  

 

Student Learning Outcomes:  The college has set certain goals for students in each class and this outlines what we will work on for this semester. 

In the performance of this class, students will successfully:

 

  • To have a general understanding of the course of British history from prehistoric times to the seventeenth century.

 

  • To have an awareness of the major events and personages who contributed to the history of Britain down to the seventeenth century.

 

  • To acquire knowledge of the interrelatedness between historical events and their geographical settings.

 

  • To become conversant with the major intellectual and cultural trends of British history through the seventeenth century.

 

  • To develop an appreciation of the contributions of those individuals and groups who have often been ignored in the study of history, e.g. women, peasants, serfs, urban workers, and others who make up the majority of society at any given time.

 

Additionally, in terms of general college-level skills, we seek to achieve the following:

  • Engage in critical reading and writing
  • Write analytical essays in testing situations
  • Engage in discussion of point-based topics relative to the history and historiography of British history
  • Become familiar with the major themes and developments of British history in the time frame covered.
  • Become familiar with the diversity of population through waves of settlement
  • Become familiar with the effects and ramifications of connections and linkages to the rest of the world relative to England.

 

The SLOs are required of all departments on campus, and we are required to inform you that you will, over the course of the semester, be tested on at least one of these objectives.  

 

Schedule of lectures and Reading:

 

Week 1            Intro to class; Pre-Roman/Celtic

9/1, 3               Read: Chap 1 and start 2

 

Week 2            Roman Empire ends

9/8, 10             Anglo Saxon I

                        Read:  Roberts, Chap 2 for tues, chap 3 for thurs

 

Week 3            Anglo-Saxon and Christianity

9/15, 17           2nd wave Vikings

                        Read Chap 3 for Tuesday & Thursday

 

Week 4:           Late Anglo Saxon England

9/22, 24           1066 and all that

                        Chap 4

 

Week 5            Midterm #1 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29; YOU WILL NEED A BLUEBOOK AND WRITING IMPLEMENT.

9/29, 10/1        Results of the Norman Conquest

                        Chap 4, continued

 

Week 6            Growth of the Realm:  Norman England Declines

10/6, 8             Read:  Chap 5:  What is “Angevin?”

 

Week 7            England in the High Medieval Era

10/13, 15         Connecting with Europe

                        Chap 6 (the 13th century)

 

Week 8            Midterm #2 TUESDAY 10/20

10/20, 22         The growth of government and politics

                        Chap 6 (REVIEW), chap 7 through “evolution of parliament”  

 

Week 9            14th century crises

10/27, 29         War with France and English nationalism

Read:  Chap 7, second half

(you should have submitted your paper outline by this point)

 

Week 10:         More crises! Plague and peasant rebellion

11/3, 5             Chap 7 continues; read up on chap 8

 

Week 11          The Lancastrians and Yorkists

11/10, 12         chap 8

 

Week 12          Papers/projects due; film

11/17, 19         The Tudors under Henry VII

                        Read:  Chap 9

 

Week 13          The Tudors: Politics and Religion

11/24               THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 11/26

                        Chap 10

 

Week 14          The English Renaissance and Reformation

12/1, 3             chap 11; start 12

 

Week 15          England and the rest of the World

12/8, 10           REVIEW

                        Read:  Chap 12

 

Final Exam December Thursday December 17 at 9 am (Note The Time Difference).  All exams must be completed by this time and alternate times cannot be accommodated.  Further, since this class will not be taught in Spring, it is EXTREMELY inadvisable to take an incomplete in the course and those will be given only for the most extreme medical or legal emergencies.