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Lecture Notes for HIST 1121

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I. Introduction to the Course

• Introduction to the Course and to the Study of History as a Study of Culture
II. The Origins of "Europe" as a Culture in the Judaic, Greek, Roman and Christian Cultures
• Ancient Judaism as a Basis for Europe
• Classical Greece as a Basis for Europe
• Hellenistic Greece and the Transformation of Greek Culture
• Ancient Rome as a Basis for Europe
• Vergil's Aeneid as a Study in Greco-Roman Culture
• Greco-Roman Culture and the Rise of Christianity
• Christianity as a Basis for Europe
• The Fusion of Greco-Roman Culture and Christianity (Augustine as a Study)
III. The First Europe as the Synthesis of Judaeo-Christian, Greco-Roman and Germanic Elements.
• The Birth of Europe as a New Culture
• Islam and Europe
• The First "Europe" as the Culture of the Medieval West
• The First Europe as a Culture
• The Bonds of Medieval Society: Feudal and Manorial Life
• The Bonds of Medieval Society: The Church
• Synthesis as a Motif in Medieval Civilization with an Emphasis on Dante's Divine Comedy
• The Medieval Synthesis in Art and Architecture (A film/lecture by John Canaday)
IV. Toward the Second Europe: The Early Modern Era as a Transitional Period.
• Toward the Second Europe: The Era 1350-1650 as a Transitional Period
• Search for New Authorities as a Motif
• Toward New Views of Man and the Universe
• A New Doctrine of Personality: The Dignity of Man and the Renaissance Ideal of L' uomo Universale
• The End of Europe as Common Spiritual Aims and Values: Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the Protestant Reformation
• Toward a New View of the State: Machiavelli and the Modern Secular State
• Varieties of the Modern Secular State
V. Review and Reflection.
• Review and Reflection

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Course Materials for Hist 1121


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Course Outline (For Printing the Lectures in PDF Format)
Essay Questions 1
Essay Questions 2
Essay Questions 3
Text Questions 1
Text Questions 2
Text Questions 3
Special Readings
Library Assignment for November 24
Sample Essays for the First Exam
Your History Grade (A spreadsheet to use to calculate your final grade)

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