Section #20135 Monday and Wednesday 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. CA 235
Required Texts: Course Profile
Kishlansky, Geary, O'Brien, Brief History of Western Civilization,
Vol. I: to 1715
Plato, The Last Days of Socrates, ed. Tredennick/Tarrant (Penguin)
Tacitus, The Agricola and the Germania, ed. Mattingly/Handford (Penguin)
Einhard & Notker, Two Lives of Charlemagne, ed. Thorpe (Penguin)
| Week of |
Lecture Topic | Reading |
| Jan. 08 |
Introduction & the origins of "the West" in the East | Ch. 1 (Kishlansky) |
| Jan. 15 |
Indo-European migrations and Ancient Greece | Ch. 2 |
| Jan. 22 |
Classical Greece | Ch. 3- read Plato |
| Jan. 29 |
The Hellenistic World Greek Review | Ch. 4 - Plato discussion |
| Feb. 05 |
The Roman Republic | Ch. 5 - paper due |
| Feb. 12 |
Caesar, Augustus, and the Roman Empire | Ch. 6 - read Tacitus |
| Feb. 19 |
Empire to 500 A.D. - Barbarian Invasion
Roman
Review
|
discuss Tacitus |
| Feb. 26 |
Midterm Exam
Essay questions
|
Ch. 8 - paper due |
| Mar. 05 |
The Feudal Age and the Frankish 'Renaissance' |
read Charlemagne |
| Mar. 12 |
Spring Break - no classes |
Ch. 9 |
| Mar. 19 |
The High Middle Ages | Ch. 10 - paper due |
| Mar. 26 |
The Late Middle Ages and the Great Schism |
Ch. 11 |
| Apr. 02 |
The Renaissance
and Christian Humanism
|
Ch. 12 |
| Apr. 09 |
The Reformation | Ch. 13 |
| Apr. 16 |
Wars of Religion to the Thirty Years
War |
Ch. 14, 15 |
| Apr. 23 | Early "Modern" Europe | Ch. 16 |
| Apr. 30 |
Final Exam - Wednesday May 2,
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |