HIST 344 Outline

THE KING'S UNIVERSITY

COURSE NUMBER:

HIST 344

COURSE TITLE:

Tudor Britain

NAME OF INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Richard Vaudry

CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION:

credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course consists of a study of the life of Britain and her peoples from the late 15th to the early 17th century. Primary attention will be given to England. Topics to be covered include: the essence of the English Reformation, Tudor rebellions, Edwardian Protestantism and Marian reaction, the Elizabethan Settlement and the origins of Puritanism.

Prerequisites: HIST 204

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Susan Brigden, New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Rule of the Tudors, 1485-1603, London: Penguin, 2001.

MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT:


Essay: Part One: Proposal, Outline, Bibliography	10%
Essay: Part Two: Book Review	20%
Essay: Part Three: Completed Paper	30%
Final Examination	40%

	100%

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Introductory Comments
Before the Tudors: England in the l5th Century
The Socio-Economic Foundations of Tudor England
Henry VII
Henry VIII: The Early Years and the Rise of Wolsey
The King’s Great Matter
The Break with Rome
Cromwell and the Tudor Revolution in Government
The Last Years of Henry VIII: Religious Change and Warfare
Edward VI
Mary and the English Counter-Reformation
Elizabeth I
The Consolidation of the English Reformation
Elizabethan Foreign Affairs
Elizabethan Government
Scotland and Ireland in the 16th Century
Popular Culture in the l6th Century
The Origins of the English Empire

Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions may vary from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult the course instructor for up to date details.