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Week
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Tuesday
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Thursday
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1
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12 January 2006
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Introduction
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2
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17 January 2006
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19 January 2006
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Medieval Background
Read: Europe
in a Wider World:
- Chap. 1: The Late Middle Ages in Eastern Europe, pp 1-23 only
- Quiz on the reading
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Medieval Background
Read: Europe
in a Wider World:
- Chap. 2: The Rise of the Nation, pp. 32-65
- Quiz on the reading
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3
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24 January 2006
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26 January 2006
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The Renaissance
Read: Europe
in a Wider World:
- Chap. 3: The Renaissance, pp. 66-99
- Quiz on the reading, including maps
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Birth of the Renaissance: Florence
Read: Brunelleschi's Dome
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4
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31 January 2006
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2 February 2006
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Perspective
Read: Brunelleschi's Dome
Reports: Alberti, Piero della Francesca, and perspective:
Gabriel Lewit, Sean Cudahy, and Nick Mulligan
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Engineering
Read: Brunelleschi's Dome
- Chapters 9-13
- Quiz on the reading
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5
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7 February 2006
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9 February 2006
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Art, Architecture, and
Engineering
Read: Brunelleschi's Dome
Chose
groups and topics for final project
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Reports: Applications
of Perspective
Reports: Art, Architecture, Engineering
- Specifications for report
Due: Short
paper
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6
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14 February 2006
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16 February 2006
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Winter Break: no
class
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Renaissance Wars
Read: Europe
in a Wider World:
- Chap. 6: Great powers in conflict, pp.
169-199; 207-217
- Quiz on the reading, with maps
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7
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21 February 2006
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23 February 2006
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The Military Revolution: Fire and
Fortress
Read: Thomas Arnold, The
Renaissance at War
- Chapter 1: The New Fury, pp. 28-51
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The Military Revolution
The Infantry Revolution |
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8
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28 February 2006
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2 March 2006
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Military Engineering: Fortifications
Look at The Geometry of War
Revised
quiz answers due: counts
as Paper 2
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The Military Revolution:
War and Society
Read:
Reports on: •
Social and cultural
consequences of the 16th century military revolution in weapons,
army size and organization, and fortifications
o For the growth of nationalism
o For the development of laws of war
o For the growth of a global economy
o For expansion and exploration
o For noncombatants
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9
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7 March 2006
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9 March 2006
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Printing Revolution
and Religion
Read: Europe
in a Wider World
- Chapter 5, The Age of Reformation, pp. 131-168
- Quiz on the reading
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Printing Revolution: Religion
Report on: Printing and
the Reformation
Due: progress report on final projects
Specifications
for progress reports
Due: Map
exercises
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10
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14 March 2006
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16 March 2006
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No Class; Spring Break
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No Class; Spring Break
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11
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21 March 2006
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23 March 2006
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Medicine
Due:Short Paper 3
Subject:
- Reflections on war and society in the contemporary
world
- Specifications for the
paper
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Medicine
Read: Vesalius
- De humani corporis
fabrica
- Sections:
- "To the Divine Charles V . . ."
- Book One:
- Choose a
chapter(s)
- Read a section;
read around in it
- Have some
notes ready to discuss
- Images:
- Browse images
by body
- Look around
- Have some
notes ready to discuss
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28 March 2006
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30 March 2006
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Medicine
Read: Ambroise Paré
- Journeys
in Divers Places
- Sections:
- Journey
to Turin
- Journey
to Perpignan
- Journey
to Danvilliers: 1st and last paragraphs
- Journey
to Rouen
- Journey
to Havre de Grace
- Battle of
Dreux
- Battle of
St. Denis
- Journey
to Flanders
- In class writing on the texts
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Reports: Diseases
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13
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4 April 2006
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6 April 2006
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Ancient Cosmology
Read: Crowe, Theories of the World . . .
- Chapter 4: "The Ptolemaic System,"
pp. 42-65.
- Chapter 5: "Philosophical Interlude,"
pp. 66-81.
- NOTE: If you have trouble with the terminology or concepts in these
chapters, go back and read the chapters 1 and 2 on "The
Celestial Motions" and "Mathematical Techniques of
Ancient Astronomy."
- Answer
all the questions on p. 81.
- Be ready
to debate question 4 in groups.
Due:
Short Paper 4: Medicine
Specifications
for Paper 4
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Astronomy and Cosmology:
Read: Crowe, Theories
of the World . . .
- Chapter 6: "The Copernican
System," pp. 82-135.
Due: progress
report on final projects
Specifications
for progress reports
Report on Bubonic
Plague
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14
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11 April 2006
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13 April 2006
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No class: Work on Projects
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No Class: Work on Projects
Write up work done this week
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15
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18 April 2006
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20 April 2006
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Astronomy and Cosmology:
Tycho Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo
Read: Crowe, Theories
of the World . . .
- Chapter 7:"The Tychonic System,"
pp. 136-145.
- Chapter 8, "Johannes Kepler," pp.
146-155.
- Chapter 9, "Galileo Galilei," pp.
156-172.
Due: Report
on work done April 11 and 13
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Read
on-line: Galileo Galilei:
Trial of Galileo
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16
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25 April 2006
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25 April 2006
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Navigation
and Shipbuilding
Reports on:
Specifications
for reports on instruments, calculations, ships, and maps
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Early
Reports:
- Brunelleschi's hoist:
- Bryan Quirk, Bryan Gonyeau
- Dutch fluyt:
- Susan Johnson, Catherin Brown
- Leonardo's diving suit
- Chris Ouellette, Rachel Bernat
- Leonardo's 33 barrell gun
Short
Paper 5 Due: Astronomy, Cosmology, Navigation:
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There will be
NO final exam.
On the day scheduled for our final,
THURSDAY,
4 MAY 2006 at 11:45 - 2:45, in Snell 212, you
will present your projects
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