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Introduction |
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| I. Absolutism |
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The Material World and the Political Background |
Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 1-77. ISBN: 0198731299. |
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The Theory and Practice of Absolutism |
Bossuet. "Politics Derived from the Holy Scripture." In Baker, Keith M., ed. University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization. Vol. 7, The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 31-47. ISBN: 0226069508.
Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000, pp. 1-16 and 50-96. ISBN: 031213309X. |
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Taxes and Provincial Reform |
Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000, pp. 96-155. ISBN: 031213309X. |
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Theater, Art, and Politics |
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| II. Enlightenment |
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Origins of the French Enlightenment |
Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. martins, 2000, pp. 166-98. ISBN: 031213309X.
Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 78-104. ISBN: 0198731299.
Jacob, Margaret C., ed. "The Treatise of the Three Impostors." In The Enlightenment: A Brief History With Documents. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001, pp. 94-114. ISBN: 0312179979. |
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The Encyclopédie |
d'Alembert, Jean le Rond. "Preliminary Discourse." In Denis Diderot's The Encyclopedia: Selections. Edited by Stephen J. Gendzier. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1967, pp. 1-12, 35-43.
Browse the online Web site for English translations of Encyclopedia articles: The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert - Collaborative Translation Project. (Read "Philosopher," and "Sunday.")
Browse the French online version of the Encyclopedia at: The ARTFL Project. Be sure to look at the engravings for "chirurgie" and "imprimerie." |
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A Political Movement, I? |
Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. vi-xix and 3-48. ISBN: 0521649692. |
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A Political Movement, II? |
Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 49-105. ISBN: 0521649692. |
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Spaces of the Public Sphere |
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| III. Revolution |
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The Origins of the French Revolution |
Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 195-248. ISBN: 0198731299.
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 1, "Social Causes of the Revolution," and chapter 2, "Monarchy Embattled." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.) |
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The Problem of Nationalism I |
Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 1-106. ISBN: 0674004477. |
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The Problem of Nationalism II |
Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 107-217. ISBN: 0674004477. |
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1789, the Abolition of Feudalism, and the Rights of Man |
Baker, Keith M., ed. "Decrees of the National Assembly (10-11 August 1789)." In University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization. Vol. 7, The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 226-31. ISBN: 0226069508.
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 3, "Enlightenment and Human Rights." Be sure to read the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen," in the sidebar on page 1, and the "Declaration of the Rights of Women," in the sidebar on page 4.) |
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From Constitutional Monarchy to the Terror |
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read all of chapter 4, "Paris and the Politics of Rebellion," and chapter 6, "The Monarchy Falls." Read pages 1 and 2 of the seventh chapter, "War, Terror, and Resistance." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.) |
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The Directory |
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read pages 3-5 of chapter 7, "War, Terror, and Resistance." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
Mason, Laura, and Tracey Rizzo, eds. "Orchestrating Politics From Above," and "Dissenters and Opponents." In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1999, pp. 281-319. ISBN: 0669417807. |
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The Revolution in Images and Song |
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| IV. Empire |
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Napoléon: Debates |
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 9, "The Napoleonic Experience." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
Mason, Laura, and Tracey Rizzo, eds. "The French Civil Code." In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1999, pp. 340-47. ISBN: 0669417807.
Furet, François, and Mona Ozouf, eds. "Napoleon Bonaparte." In A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. 273-86. ISBN: 0674177282. |
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Napoléonic Warfare |
Ford, Franklin L. "The Dimensions of Violence." In Europe 1780-1830. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Longman, 1989, pp. 232-70. ISBN: 0582033780.
Keegan, John. "Waterloo, June 18th, 1815." In The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. New York, NY: Penguin, 1978, pp. 117-203. ISBN: 0140048979. |
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The French Caribbean |
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 8, "Slavery and the French Revolution." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
Geggus, David P. "The Haitian Revolution." In Haitian Revolutionary Studies. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, pp. 5-29. ISBN: 0253341043.
Dubois, Laurent. "The Promise of Revolution: Saint-Domingue and the Struggle for Autonomy in Guadeloupe, 1797-1802." In The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World. Edited by David P. Geggus. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2001, pp. 112-34. ISBN: 1570034168. |
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Individual Consultation with Instructor |
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| 22 |
Legacies |
Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 10, "Legacies of the Revolution." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.) |
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Visions of Empire |
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| V. Final Projects |
| 24 |
Individual Consultation with Instructor |
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| 25-26 |
Oral Presentations |
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| 27 |
Conclusion |
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