History 104: A History of Europe to the Mid-17th Century
Resources
- Syllabus
- Revised Course Schedule (with end of the semester review sessions)
Creative Paper Assignment
- Creative Paper Assignment (Due Friday, April 9)
- Introduction to the Assignment (pre-recorded video presentation excerpted from 03/24 lecture below) (8 min)
- Discussion of Sample Papers and Elements of Storytelling (pre-recorded video presentation) (49 min)
- Discussion of Footnotes and Bibliography (pre-recorded video presentation) (13 min)
- Instructions for Footnotes and Bibliography (pdf)
- Sample Creative Paper with Footnotes (pdf)
- Sample Bibliography (pdf)
Supplementary Material
- Midterm Study Guide
- Final Study Guide
Electronic Reader
- Electronic Reader (contains all of the readings for the entire semester . . . right click and download)
Pre-Recorded Video Lectures
- Mon, Jan 25 - Course Syllabus and Mechanics (47 min)
- Wed, Jan 27 - Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization (52 min)
- Mon, Feb 01 - The Rise of Greek Civilization (49 min)
- Wed, Feb 03 - Confederation and Conflict in Classical Greece (54 min)
- Mon, Feb 08 - Alexander the Great and the Expansion of the Hellenistic World (46 min)
- Wed, Feb 10 - Greek Civilization and Culture (58 min)
- Mon, Feb 15 - The Rise of Rome (37 min)
- Wed, Feb 17 - Life in the Roman Republic (44 min)
- Mon, Feb 22 - Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic (50 min)
- Wed, Feb 24 - Caesar Augustus and the Rise of the Roman Empire (40 min)
- Mon, Mar 01 - The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of Christianity (58 min)
- Wed, Mar 03 - Midterm Review (63 min)
- Wed, Mar 10 - Remnants of the Ancient World in Modern Times (51 min)
- Mon, Mar 15 - Roman Legacies in the East: A Byzantine World (56 min)
- Wed, Mar 17 - Roman Legacies in the West: The Christian Church (61 min)
- Mon, Mar 22 - The Rise of the Franks: Charlemagne and the Carolingians (65 min)
- Wed, Mar 24 - Conflicts and Conspiracies: Secular and Religious Authority in the High Middle Ages (37 min)
- Mon, Mar 29 - Life and Death in a Time of Plague (58 min)
- Wed, Mar 31 - Women, Men, and Family in a Medieval World (48 min)
- Mon, Apr 05 - Normans Abroad and Franks at Home: Medieval England and France (60 min)
- Wed, Apr 07 - Royal Challenges to Papal Authority (60 min)
- Mon, Apr 12 - Strange Bedfellows: The Protestant Reformations (53 min)
- Wed, Apr 14 - The Church Responds: The Catholic Reformation and Counter-Reformation (56 min)
- Mon, Apr 19 - The Renaissance in Italy and Beyond (60 min)
- Wed, Apr 21 - Atlantic and Mediterranean Worlds: The Portuguese in the 15th Century (51 min)
- Mon, Apr 26 - An Expanding Globe: Columbus in the Caribbean (54 min)
- Wed, Apr 28 - Are They Not Men?: The Life and Times of Bartolome de las Casas (62 min)
- Mon, May 3 and Wed, May 5 - Conclusions: Western Civilization on the Eve of the 17th Century (74 min)
- Fri, May 7 - Optional Review Session (68 min)