Schedule

Each week is referenced by the Monday that begins it. BK = Bucholz & Key

Weekly Schedule:

Week One: Preliminaries and Late Medieval England

Jan. 23:

• Readings
  • Syllabus (2023tudorstuart.jessicaotis.com)
  • AHA History Tuning Project: 2016 History Discipline Core
  • Bucholz and Key (BK), Chapter 0: Medieval Prologue (13 pgs)
• Videos
  • Week One Recorded Lecture
• Other Activities
  • Join the class Slack instance and post an introduction that includes your preferred name, pronouns, and why you signed up for this course (“I need it to graduate” is a valid reason!)
  • OPTIONAL: sign up for a free password manager, e.g. LastPass, Keeper Security, 1Password

Week Two: War of the Roses and Henry VII, 1455-1509

Jan. 30:

• Readings
  • BK, Introduction, p. 1-32
• Videos
  • Richard III, The King in the Car Park (Roku free video)
  • Week Two Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: students who are interested in learning more about Richard III’s scoliosis and how Richard III was able to live, ride, and fight with severe spinal deformity will also be interested in watching Richard III, The New Evidence (YouTube video)

Week Three: Young Henry VIII, 1509-1525

Feb. 6:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 1, p. 33-66
  • Roy Rosenzweig, “Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past,” The Journal of American History 93, no. 1 (2006), 117-146.
• Videos
  • Tudor Monastery Farm (7 episodes + Christmas special, only Episode 1 required)
    • if you have Amazon Prime, you can watch it there to avoid ads
  • Week Three Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: TMF shows you male dress but not female – students interested in seeing what an (wealthy) Tudor women would wear can watch Dressing up a Tudor lady (short YouTube video)
• Other Activities
  • explore the Mary Rose Virtual Museum website, especially the Life on Board exhibit

Week Four: Henry VIII and the Reformation, 1525-1547

Feb. 13:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 2, p. 67-94
  • “The Ten Articles“ (in Google Books, you can find them on p. 145-159)
  • “The Six Articles“
• Videos
  • Week Four Recorded Lecture
• Other Activities
  • Folger Shakespeare Library’s Virtual Printing House (7 online exercises)

Week Five: Edward VI, 1547-53

Feb. 20:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 3 part 1, p. 95-111
  • Begin Robert Tittler and Judith M. Richards, The Reign of Mary I, 3rd Edition (114 pgs)
• Videos
  • Week Five Recorded Lecture

Week Six: Mary and Philip, 1553-8

Feb. 27:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 3 part 2, p. 111-120
  • Finish Robert Tittler and Judith M. Richards, The Reign of Mary I, 3rd Edition (114 pgs)
• Videos
  • Week Six Recorded Lecture

Week Seven: The Elizabethan Settlement, 1558-1585

Mar. 6:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 4, p. 121- 142
  • “An Act for Uniformity“
  • “The Thirty-Nine Articles“
• Videos
  • Supersizers Go Elizabethan (Facebook video)
  • Week Seven Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: students who found the first costuming video interesting can watch chronologically later episodes in the series, Dressing up an Elizabethan lady 1570-80 (short YouTube video)

Spring Break: March 11-17th

Week Eight: Elizabeth’s Later Years, 1585-1603

Mar. 20:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 5, p. 143-162
  • skim Hopton 1607. An Almanack and Prognostication [EEBO, sorry about the print quality]
• Videos
  • Week Eight Recorded Lecture
• Other Activities
  • explore the Elizabethan Court Day by Day website (this site is huge, over 3,000 pages long, don’t try for anything even approaching a complete skim!)

Week Nine: Legacy of the Tudors

Mar. 27:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 6, p. 163-220
  • Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607 (EEBO, GMU login required, pick two entries)
• Videos
  • Week Nine Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: A Tudor Feast at Christmas (YouTube video)
• Other Activities
  • check out the Map of Early Modern London project

Week Ten: James VI/I, 1603-1625

Apr. 3:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 7, p 221-260
  • “Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical“
  • Begin reading K.J. Kesselring, The Trial of Charles I (150 pgs)
• Videos
  • Tales From the Green Valley (12 YouTube videos, Episodes 1 and 2 required)
  • Week Ten Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: students who found the first costuming video interesting can watch chronologically later episodes in the series, Dressing up a Jacobean lady (short YouTube video)
• Other Activities
  • check out the Virtual St. Paul’s Cathedral project

Week Eleven: Charles I, 1625-1649

Apr. 10:

• Readings
  • “The King’s Declaration of Sports“
  • Finish K.J. Kesselring, The Trial of Charles I (150 pgs)
• Videos
  • Week Eleven Recorded Lecture
• Other Activities
  • OPTIONAL: check out the Amboyna Conspiracy Trial website

Week Twelve: Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660

Apr. 17:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 8, 261-290
  • “The Roots and Branches Petition“
  • “The Solemn League and Covenant“
• Videos
  • Week Twelve Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: students who found the first costuming video interesting can watch chronologically later episodes in the series, Dressing up a mid 17th townswoman (short YouTube video)
• Other Activities
  • London Bills of Mortality (EEBO, GMU login required, pick two bills)

NOTE: The class debate on The Trial of Charles I is tentatively scheduled for April 17th.

Week Thirteen: Restoration of Charles II, 1660-1685

Apr. 24:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 9, p. 291-330
  • The Diary of Samuel Pepys (select entries)
• Videos
  • Supersizers Go Restoration (YouTube video)
  • Week Thirteen Recorded Lecture
  • OPTIONAL: watch the Saving Notre Dame documentary on Disney+ to see the kind of challenges the English failed to overcome in their attempt to save St. Paul’s after the Great Fire

Week Fourteen: The End and Legacy of the Stuarts, 1685-1714

May 1:

• Readings
  • BK, Chpt. 10 and Conclusion, p. 331-409
• Videos
  • Week Fourteen Recorded Lecture
• Other Activities
  • Old Bailey Online (pick 5-10 similar crimes)

Final exam: Monday, May 15, no later than 4:15pm