CCD HISTORY 101 - History of Western Civilization 1 66F
Assignments for Early Modern PeriodTurn in one one identification
or one narrative each week. The analysis
paper for this period should be emailed to Dr.
Roebuck. If there is a meeting scheduled, you will present an oral
summary of your paper to the class. Please read the instructions
on what I expect for each assignment. | ||
| justice of the peace | hidalgo | consubstantiation |
| gentry | Star Chamber | synod |
| viceroy | Moriscos | taille |
| Diet | Puritan | Presbyterian |
| Huguenot | intendant | charivari |
| Mannerism | Baroque | Leviathan |
| essay | novel | indulgence |
| egalitarian | Jansenism | enclosure |
| alchemy | Cossack | Lord Protector |
| Bourse | veillée | mercantilism |
| Gregorian calendar | Choose your own topic | |
| Henry the Navigator | Council of Trent | Johannes Fugger |
| Emperor Charles V | Potosi | Gustavus Adolphus |
| Martin Bucer | Siege of Magdeburg | Philip Melanchthon |
| Ulrich Zwingli | St Teresa de Avila | King Louis XI of France |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Star Chamber | Levellers |
| Catherine de Medici | Rump Parliament | King Henry IV of France |
| Albrecht von Wallenstein | Paracelsus | Edict of Nantes |
| The Fronde | Peace of Westphalia | Grand Remonstrance |
| Johannes Kepler | New Model Army | Michel de Montaigne |
| Erasmus | Tycho Brahe | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
| Thomas More | The Winter King | Choose your own topic |
| The exploration of Africa and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1650 | The rise of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1650 |
| Spain's rise and fall- from Ferdinand and Isabella through Philip IV | The Dutch Revolt |
| The Spanish Armada | St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| Thirty Years' War | The Wars of Religion in France |
| The Scientific Revolution in medicine and biology | The Italian Wars (1498-1535) |
| The rise and fall of Savonarola | The career of Thomas Melchior |
| Calvin in Geneva | Career of Sir Francis Drake |
| Creation of the King James Bible | Sack of Rome, 1527 |
| History of Serbia under the Ottomans | Ivan the Terrible |
| Battle of Lepanto | The Reformation in Strasbourg |
| The Reformation in Poland | Development of the Royal Society, to 1700 |
| Choose your own topic | |
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Email a copy to Dr. Roebuck.
Prepare a summary to present to the class. |
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What was the nature of the conflict between Galileo and the Church? Do not deal in generalities here; you should speak to the specifics of the times and the man. How should the Church have handled the situation? |
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What were the causes of the English Civil War? Be sure to look at underlying as well as at immediate causes. |
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How did the practice of diplomacy change in the 16th and 17th centuries? |
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Explain why we don't find any strong, centralized monarchies in eastern Europe in the early modern period. |
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Compare and contrast the way in which Portugal and Spain built their overseas empires. |
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Analyze the religious settlement imposed by Henry VIII in England. Was it successful? |
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Evaluate Elizabeth I of England as a monarch. What were her strengths? What were her weaknesses? |
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Compare any two female monarchs from this time period. Possibilities include Elizabeth I, Catherine de Medici, Marie de Medici, Anne of Austria, and Queen Christina. |
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Spain was one of the great powers in Europe in the early 16th century. By 1650, though, it was no longer important. What went wrong? |
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Analyze the "military revolution". What were the specific innovations and what were the consequences of those innovations? |
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Make up your own question and answer it or modify one of the question statements above. |
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