HIST 239 SCHEDULE OF COURSE READINGS
\nClass meetings Tues & Thurs 3:00 to 4:15 PM in Brunet 133<\/p>\n
WEEK 1<\/strong> 1\/14 Class Cancelled<\/u><\/p>\n 1\/16\u00a0<\/u>Revolution and modernity. Interpreting the French Revolution in a global perspective<\/span><\/p>\n READ: \u201cPreface\u201d in Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer,\u00a0The French Revolution and Napoleon<\/i>:\u00a0Crucible of the Modern World<\/i>\u00a0(Bloomsbury 2017), pp. viii-xiii. [herein H&C]<\/p>\n WEEK 2<\/strong><\/p>\n CHOOSE\/CREATE a social profile for Lives and Voices by Monday, 1\/20. First post due on Friday, 1\/24.<\/p>\n 1\/21 Causes \u2013 The Financial Crisis (1787-1788)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources on BlackBoard (BB): Secondary Reading: 1\/23 Causes\u2014The Constitutional Crisis (1787-89)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources: 2) Document 1.1 \u201cComplaints, grievances and protests of the parish of Saint-Beury in Burgundy\u201d in H&C, pp. 35-36.<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 1, pp. 17-25<\/p>\n **Reading Analysis 1: Prepare a short (300 word) response to question 1 OR 2 on page 37 of H&C, using the relevant grievances in D&M and H&C to answer the question. Class Role Play \u00a0<\/em>L&V Entry 1, due by Friday at 5 pm (required)<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 3<\/strong> Primary Sources: Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 1, pp. 26-27, 31-33<\/p>\n Class Role Play L&V Entry 2, due Friday at 5 pm (required)<\/em><\/p>\n 1\/30 Revolutionary Journ\u00e9es of the People<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary reading:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 4<\/strong> Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary Reading:<\/p>\n 2\/6 Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790-91)<\/u> Secondary Reading:<\/p>\n L&V Entry 3, due Friday at 5 pm (required)<\/em><\/p>\n Proposed StoryMap Dates & Locations for First Phase<\/em> due today<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 5<\/strong> L&V Entry 4 due Friday at 5 pm (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n Three Entries for Digital TimeLine Phase 1 (pre-August 1792) due today<\/em><\/p>\n 2\/13 Birth of the Convention and Declaration of War (1792) \u201cThe Revolution at War\u201d in D&M, pp. 60-67. The renunciation of foreign conquests, 22 May 1790; The decree against emigres, 9 November 1791; The declaration of war, 20 April 1792; Decree of \u201cla Patrie en danger\u2019, 11 July 1792; The deportation of non0juring priests, 26 August 1792<\/p>\n \u201cRobespierre and Brissot clash on the war, December 1791\u201d in H&C, pp. 73-75.<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 2, pp. 62-75.<\/p>\n **Reading Analysis 2: Write your response to questions 1 and 2 on page 75. You must draw on at least two<\/em><\/strong> of the assigned primary sources and include an additional question for further investigation. Write no more than 300 words for each question. \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 6<\/strong> Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 3, pp. 77-84<\/p>\n **Reading Analysis 3: Using questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 110 of H&C to guide your response, write your own question and a 500-word response to the Trial of the King. 2\/20 War at Home and on all Frontiers<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources: The young republicans of La Rochelle, Jan 1793; Decree conscripting 300,000 men, Feb 1793; Revolt in the Vend\u00e9e in D&M pp. 91-93, 97-102.<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 3, pp. 84-87<\/p>\n L&V Entry 5 due Friday at 5 pm (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n Three StoryMap Entries (Revised & Resubmitted) Accepted<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 7<\/strong> Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary Reading:<\/p>\n H&C Chapter 3, pp. 87-99<\/p>\n 2\/27 – NO CLASS MEETING –\u00a0MIDTERM EXAM <\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 8<\/strong><\/p>\n 3\/3\u00a0\u00a0 Revolutionary Political Culture <\/u><\/p>\n Primary: \u201cA New Civic Culture\u201d in D&M, pp. 84-89. Divorce law, 20 September1792; The celebration of revolutionary heroes; Uniform weights and measures, 1 August 1793; De-Christianisation in the provinces; Bouquier law on education.<\/p>\n Secondary: H&C, pp. 100-103<\/p>\n 3\/5\u00a0 The Fall of the Jacobins (July 27, 1794)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary: \u201cThe Terror at Work\u201d in D&M pp. 107-113. Law of 22 Prairial, 10 June 1794; The Revolutionary Tribunal at work, Jun 1794; The fall of Robespierre, July 1794<\/p>\n Secondary: H&C Chapters 3 & 4, pp. 104-119.<\/p>\n L&V Entry 6 due at 5 pm on Friday (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 9<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 10<\/strong> 3\/19 Surviving the Terror<\/u> **Extended Reading Analysis 4 on Anatole France. Write a book review from the perspective of a French historian (see \u201cPreface\u201d to Hunt and Censer). Aim for 800 words. Due no later than Friday at 5 pm. UPLOAD TO BOX FOLDER “RA4”<\/p>\n WEEK 11 <\/strong> Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 4, pp. 119-127<\/p>\n 3\/26 Napoleon\u2019s Italian campaign (1796)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources: \u201cBonaparte\u201d in D&M, pp. 128-133. Proclamation to the Army of Italy, 26 April 1796; Two accounts of the battle of Arcola, November 1796<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 4, pp. 127-136<\/p>\n L&V Entry 7 due Friday at 5 pm (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n Two, Proposed StoryMap entries for Phase 2 (Post-Aug 1792) due today<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n WEEK 12<\/strong><\/p>\n 3\/31 Napoleon\u2019s Rise to Power (July 1798 \u2013 November 1799)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary Reading:<\/p>\n **Extended Reading Analysis 5: Write a structured argument in response to question #3 on page 146 using Document 4.2 and at least one other assigned primary source in D&M, and two, direct references to Collier\u2019s essay. 1,200-words due Friday by 5 pm. 4\/2\u00a0Napoleon and the Consulate (1802-1804)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 5, pp. 149-158<\/p>\n Two Entries for Digital TimeLine Phase 2 (post-August 1792) due today<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 13<\/strong><\/p>\n 4\/7\u00a0Building an Empire (1804-1811)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary:<\/p>\n Secondary: Documentary on Napoleon, see link on BB<\/p>\n L&V Entry 8 due Friday at 5 pm (required)<\/em><\/p>\n 4\/9 \u00a0The Napoleonic Code and the Continental System (1803-1807)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 5, pp. 158-179<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 14<\/strong><\/p>\n 4\/14 Policing and Imperial Overreach (1806-1812)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary: H&C Chapter 6, pp. 181-197<\/p>\n 4\/16\u00a0 The Empire\u2019s Collapse <\/u><\/p>\n Primary Sources:<\/p>\n Secondary Reading: H&C Chapter 6, pp. 197-201.<\/p>\n L&V Entry 9 due Friday at 5 pm (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n Three StoryMap Entries (Revised & Resubmitted) Accepted<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WEEK 15<\/strong><\/p>\n 4\/21 <\/u>The Return of the Vanquished, the Legacy of Bonaparte (1812-1815)<\/u><\/p>\n Primary:<\/p>\n Secondary:<\/p>\n L&V Entry 10 due Friday at 5 pm (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n 4\/23 StoryMap Upload, Semester Review, and Exam Preparation<\/u><\/p>\n Presentation of StoryMaps, Written Reflection in class<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>FINALS WEEK<\/strong> HIST 239 SCHEDULE OF COURSE READINGS Class meetings Tues & Thurs 3:00 to 4:15 PM in Brunet 133 WEEK 1 Be prepared for every class by having read the primary sources closely and secondary reading for the main argument. 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\nBe prepared for every class by having read the primary sources closely and secondary reading for the main argument. Bring copies of the reading with your notes and questions for discussion. See BB for tips on reading strategies.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n1) The Parlement of Paris (1770 & 1776)
\n2) Necker\u2019s Preface to the King\u2019s Accounts (1781)<\/p>\n
\n1) Hunt & Censer (H&C) Chapter 1, pp. 1-17
\n2) Lynn Hunt, \u201cGlobal Financial Origins of 1789\u201d (on BB)<\/p>\n
\n1) Dwyer and McPhee\u2019s Sourcebook (D&M), Ch 1 \u201cAncien Regime Challenged\u201d pp. 1-15. Lamoignon on the principles of French monarchy, 19 November 1787; Memoir of the Princes of the Blood, 1788; Cahiers des dol\u00e9ances for Berry<\/p>\n
\nUPLOAD TO BOX FOLDER “RA1” and BRING ONE COPY TO CLASS.<\/p>\n
\nAct 1: Calling and Convening the Estates General (August 1788 to May 1789)<\/p>\n
\n1\/28 The Liberal Revolution <\/u><\/p>\n
\n1) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Social Contract” (on BB)
\n2) Sieyes, What is the Third Estate? January 1789; Tennis Court Oath; August decrees; The Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen in D&M, pp. 3-5, 16-18, and 24-28<\/p>\n
\nAct 2: Forming a National Assembly May to June 20, 1789
\nAct 3: Deciding on Rights and Liberties – August\u00a01789<\/p>\n\n
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\n2\/4 Claiming Liberty and Conferring Rights (1790-92) <\/u><\/p>\n\n
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\n2\/11 The King takes Flight (June 20-21, 1791)
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\nUPLOAD TO BOX FOLDER “RA2” AND BRING ONE COPY TO CLASS.<\/p>\n
\n2\/18 The Fall of the Monarchy (August to Dec 1792)
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\nUPLOAD TO BOX FOLDER “RA3” and BRING ONE COPY TO CLASS.<\/p>\n
\n2\/25 The First Republic and the Enemies Within (Aug 1792 to April 1794)<\/u><\/p>\n\n
\nMarat, \u201cThe People\u2019s Friend\u201d; H\u00e9bert, \u201cLe P\u00e8re Duchesne\u201d (on BB);<\/li>\n
\n3\/12 & 3\/14 SPRING BREAK — Read Anatole France, The Gods Will Have Blood<\/em><\/p>\n
\n3\/17 The Cult of Civic Virtue
\n<\/u>The Gods Will Have Blood<\/em> by Anatole France. Discuss chapters 1-5<\/p>\n
\nSecondary: The Gods Will Have Blood<\/em> by Anatole France. Discuss chapter 6-10<\/p>\n
\n3\/24\u00a0\u00a0Finding Stability After the Terror (1794-99)
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\n4\/28 (Tuesday) FINAL EXAM 2 to 5 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"