History 336 Home

Please note: You must complete reading assignments before we discuss the required reading in class. Click on the links for each reading to see the questions that will guide class discussions. Keep the questions in mind as you do the reading.

Part 1: Historical Survey and Witch Hunt

Wednesday, 7 May: Introduction to the course; Presentation on the "other voice" in Early Modern Europe: Vives, Education of a Christian Woman, ix-xxvii.
Friday, 9 May: Wiesner, Women and Gender, 1-41.

Wednesday, 14 May: Wiesner, Women and Gender, 51-134.
Friday, 16 May: Wiesner, Women and Gender, 143-71.

Wednesday, 21 May: Wiesner, Women and Gender, 175-254, Quiz #1
Friday, 23 May: Wiesner, Women and Gender, 264-83.

Wednesday, 28 May: Wiesner, Women and Gender, 288-311, Roper, Witch Craze, 1-12. Quiz #2
Friday, 30 May: Roper, Witch Craze, 15-43.

Wednesday, 4 June: Roper, Witch Craze, 44-103, Quiz #3
Friday, 6 June: Roper, Witch Craze, 104-23.

Wednesday, 11 June: Roper, Witch Craze, 125-78.
Friday, 13 June: Roper, Witch Craze, 181-203.

Wednesday, 18 June: Roper, Witch Craze, 204-56, Quiz #4
Friday, 20 June: Vives, Education of a Christian Woman, 1-35. First essay due

Part 2: Early Modern Voices

Wednesday, 25 June: Vives, Education of a Christian Woman, 45-143.
Friday, 27 June: Vives, Education of a Christian Woman, 144-85.

Wednesday, 2 July: Vives, Education of a Christian Woman, 186-295.
Friday, 4 July: Vives, Education of a Christian Woman, 299-329.

Wednesday, 9 July: Schurman, Whether a Christian Woman Should be Educated, 1-94.
Friday, 11 July: Schurman, Whether a Christian Woman Should be Educated, 99-137.

Wednesday, 16 July: Marinella, The Nobility and Excellence of Women, 1-118.
Friday, 18 July: Marinella, The Nobility and Excellence of Women, 119-54.

Wednesday, 23 July: Marinella, The Nobility and Excellence of Women, 155-83.
Friday, 25 July: Test

Wednesday, 30 July: Consultation for second essay.
Friday, 1 August: Second essay due, 9:30 am in AQ 6230.

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