Max Crawford Professor of History: Professor G. M. DENING, Ph.D. (Nary.) M.A.
Ernest Scott Professor of History: Professor J. R. POYNTER, M.A. (Oxon) Ph.D.
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Subjects offered In the History Schбo1 are listed below. In an attempt to give all students the opportunity to take subjects of their choice the lecture time-table has been planned for 1974/75, alternating day. and evening lectures where appropriate. Day lectures 185are between 9 a.m. and 4.15 p.m.; evening lectures are at 4.15 and 5.15 p.m. Details for the Honours School follow those for the Ordinary degree.
Subject Lecture times
First year 1974 1975
131-101 History 1A (British History
1485-1700) Evening Day
131-102 History 16 (Age of Revolutions
1750-1850) Day Evening
t100-103 History 1C (Classical Studies A) Evening 131-104 History 1 D (Culture Contact in the
Pacific) Evening Not avail.
Second year
Ordinary degree
131-201 History 2G (Australian)• Evening Day 131-202 History 2H (American)• Day Evening 131-203 History 2J (East Asian)' Day Day 131-204 History 2K (Modern European) Evening Evening 131-205 History 2L (Modern British) Evening Evening 131-206 History 2M (Pre-classical Antiquity)' Evening Day 131-210 History 2Q (Roman)' Day Evening
Honours degree
131-262 History 2H Ions (American)' Day Evening 131-263 History 2J Ions (East Asian)' Day Day 131-264 History 2K Ions (Modern European) Evening Evening 131-265 History 2L Ions (Modern British) Evening Evening 131-266 History 2M lions (Pre-classical
Antiquity) Evening Day
131-270 History 2Q Ions (Roman)• Day Evening Third year
Ordinary degree
131-301 History 3G (Australian)' Evening Day 131-302 History 3Н (American)' Day Evening 131-303 History 3J (East Asian)• Day Day 131-306 History 3М (Рrе-classical
Antiquity)' Evening Day
131-310 History 3Q (Roman)' Day Evening 131-311 History 3R (Late Medieval
European) Not avail. Day
131-313 History 3T (Social & Reflective) Day Not avail.
Honours degree
131-361 History 3G Ions (Australia) Evening Day 131-362 History 3Н Ions (American)• Day Evening 131-363 History 3J Ions (East Asian)• Day Day 131-366 History 3М Ions (Pre-classical
Antiquity) • Evening Day
tihis subject is taught in collaboration with the Department of Classical Studies and is a pre-requisite for History 2M & 3M (Р. & H.).
• May be taken as either a grade 2 or a grade З subject, but not both.
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1974 1975 131-370 History ЭQ Hons (Roman)• Day Evening 131-371 History 3R Ions (Late Medieval
European) Not avail. Day
131-372 History 3S Ions (Early Modern
British) Not avail. Day
131-373 History 3T Ions (Social &
Reflective) Day Not avail.
Fourth year
131-461 History 4W Ions (Theory & Method of History) 131-462 History 4x Ions (Special Study)
2. Major:
A major in History consists of:
one Grade 1 subject one Grade 2 subject one Grade 3 subject 3. Pre-requisites:
A grade 1 History subject is a pre-requisite for all grade 2 History subjects, and a grade 2 subject is a pre-requisite for all grade 3 History subjects. East Asian Studies 1 is an acceptable pre-requisite for History 2J (East Asian History). History 1C (Classical Studies A) is a pre-requisite for History 2M or 3M (Pre-Classical Antiquity) but not for 2Q or 3Q (Roman History).
4. Progression:
Australian, American, Pre-Classical Antiquity, East Asian and Roman History are offered at both grade 2 and grade 3 levels and permit flexibility in choosing a major; but none of these may be taken at both levels.
6. No external enrolments are accepted.
131-101 HISTORY 1A (BRITISH HISTORY, c. 1485-1700)
Dr D. E. Kennedy, Mr L. R. GardinerA course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year, with one optional additional lecture per week during part of the year.
SYLLABUS
The history of England within the period 1485-1700, with special regard to the period from 1603-1660.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL WORK (see p. 47).
The syllabus for additional work will consist of a short course of lectures on selected authors and wider reading by students In these authors.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:
•Smith A G R The Government of Elizabethan England, Arnold
•Hurstfield J Elizabeth 1 and the Unity of England, Penguin
'Aylmer G E A Short History of Seventeenth-Century England, Mentor Books
ф May be taken as either a grade 2 or a grade 3 subject, but not both.
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(b) Prescribed textbooks:
'Elton G R The Tudor Constitution, CUP
•Hurstfield J & Smith A G R eds Elizabethan People, State and Society, Arnold
'Kenyon J P The Stuаrt Constitution, CUP 'Elton G R England Under the Tudors, Methuen
'Tanner J R English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century, CUP
•Huehns G Selections from Clarendon, World's Classics Further reading will be suggested during the course.
(c) Prescribed for additional work:
• Bunyan J Grace Abounding, etc, Everyman
•Bunyan J The Holy War, Sovereign Grace Union
•Huehns G Selections from Clarendon, World's Classics 'Milton J Prose Writings, Everyman
'Ashley M ed Cromwell, Spectrum Books Further reading will be suggested during the course.
WRITTEN WORK
Students will be required to submit written work at times specified during the year. This will consist of not more than one short essay (2,000 words) in first term and one essay (3,000 words) in second term. The Rosemary Merlo Prize for the best essay in the subject will be awarded annually.
EXAMINATION
Not more than two 3-hour papers. Written work done during the year will constitute part of the examination. The examination papers will allow intending honours students to use their additional work.
131-102 HISTORY 1B (THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1750-1850) Dr A. M. Patrick, Dr Donna Merwick
A course of two lectures and one tutorial oer week throughout the year, with one additional lecture (optional) during part of the year, and individual guided study in carrels during a short part of first term.
SYLLABUS
A study of the relationship between social tensions and political action in the American colonies in the second half of the eighteenth century and In France in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Particular attention will be paid to the connections between ideology and revolu- tionary action, and to the social situations giving "democratic" assump- tions their relevance. The areas of study will be the American revolution and the French revolutions of 1789 and 1848.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL WORK (see p. 47).
The syllabus for additional work for those specially interested in some of the problems raised by the course, and particularly for those consider- ing entry to the honours school in history, will consist of further study of detailed evidence relating to pre-revolutionary and revolutionary society in America and France.
BO0KS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Hobsbawm E J The Age of Revolution, Mentor 188
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
•Ваilуп В The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, Harvard UP, paperback edition
•Langer W L The 1848 Revolutions, Harper Torchbooks Morgan E S The Birth of the Republic, Chicago
•Rudé G Revolutionary Europe, Fontana (c) Reference books:
Detailed reading-lists will be distributed in lectures. The following books should be of use to all students, irrespective of their special interests.
Cobban A History of Modern France, vols 1-2, Penguin Denholm A France in Revolution: 1848, John Wiley Duveau G . 1848: the Making of a Revolution, Vintage
Jacobson D L ed Essays on the American Revolution, Holt, Rinehart Lefebvre G The Coming of the French Revolution, Vintage
Palmer R R Twelve who Ruled, Atheneum
Hampson N A Social History of the French Revolution, Toronto Rudé G The Crowd in the French Revolution, Oxford paperback The following books of documents, among others, will be used:
Greene Jack P Colonies to Nation, 1763-1789, McGraw-Hill Marx K The Class Struggles In France, any edition
Stewart J H A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution, Mac- millan
Tocqueville A de Recollections, Meridian (d) Prescribed for additional work:
No books prescribed.
Documents used for tutorial work will be distributed in lectures. Students will be able to follow up their individual interests by essay-work.
WRITTEN WORK
Written work must be submitted during the year. This will consist of ONE short essay (1500 words), ONE longer essay (2500 words) and TWO class-papers (800 words each). For their own interest and to help in gaining historical technique, students will be asked in first term to undertake practical exercises, in individual carrels at times convenient to themselves, in note-taking from books and lectures and in the analysis of documentary sources.
EXAMINATION
Not more than two 3-hour papera, one of which will be a "seen" paper.
The final result will be based oh an assessment of written work done during the year and examination work at the end of the year.