HSTEU 205, FALL
QUARTER 2006
EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS
Instructor:
Mary R. O'Neil, Associate Professor
Office: Smith 212A
Office Hours: Weds 1:30-3PM,Thurs 10:30-11:45, after
class
&
by appointment (send me an e-mail anytime)
E-mail: oneilmr@u.washington.edu
Phones: 543-5790 (messages) 543-9370 (direct)
TA Web Pages:
Laura's web page http://staff.washington.edu/laurar2/HSTEU205/home.shtml
Tim's web page http://staff.washington.edu/wrighttm/hsteu205/
**
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE **
Early
final: Mon Dec 11 2:30 Smith 205
Sign
up in lecture or E-mail Professor & TA
Anyone
can take early final, but we need to know the numbers.
Regular Final: Thursday Dec
14, 8:30 AM Savery 239 (regular room)
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Lecture Outlines for Week XI (last week) now posted
SEE LINK TO CLASS NOTES
Reading for this
week -- for lecture & section:
XEROX PACKET #8 Skeptics
(Cyrano & Malebranche)
Kors
& Peters, pp. 401-06, 429-35, 438-444
SECOND
PAPER TOPICS POSTED Due 11/29
FINAL EXAM REVIEW PAGES
NOW POSTED
1) Essay
topics and general review information
2) PRELIMINARY
ID LIST (will be updated this week)
REVISED
READING & LECTURE SCHEDULE FOR NOV
Please print out revised syllabus page for end of quarter
Basic change: read Ginzburg, Night Battles for next week
then
read Salem Possessed for following week
Xerox packet now
available at Professional
Copy
and Print, corner University & 42cd
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Class Meeting Times
and Location:
Lectures: Monday - Thurday, 12:30-1:20
in Savery 239
Sections meet Fridays 10:30, 11:30 or 12:30
Teaching Assistants: Sections:
Joseph Creamer, Smith 103B <creamer@u.washington.edu> AE, AG
Laura Erikson, Smith 204E <laurar2@u.washington.edu> AB,
AD
Chris Holmes, Smith 204E <holmec3@u.washington.edu> AF,
AH
Tim Wright, Smith 214 <wrighttm@u.washington.edu> AA,
AC
Required Books
(at Bookstore; also 1 or 2 copies, on 24 hour reserve in OUGL)
Norman Cohn, Europe’s Inner Demons (Revised edition, 2001) earlier
edition OK
Kors & Peters, Witchcraft in Europe 1100-1700: Documentary History
(2cd ed, 2001)
Brian Levack, The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe 2006 (3rd edition)
second
edition OK; page numbers
given for both 2cd and 3rd editions
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (any edition)
Carlo Ginzburg, The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults
in 16-17th C
Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
Xerox packet with
selected articles will be available by midterm.
Sign
up in class during 3rd week.
LECTURE OUTLINES: These
will be posted on course web page before (as often as possible)
or after every lecture. Be sure to consult these outlines when
studying.
REQUIREMENTS:
** ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED TO PASS THIS COURSE **
Incompletes at end of quarter for medical or personal
emergencies only. Contact Prof. O’Neil directly.
1)
Attendance at lectures, KEEP UP
WITH reading
(about 120 pages week:
this is a lot but very interesting, sometimes amazing reading.)
2) SECTIONS and E-POST (10%) Specific readings will be discussed in Friday
sections.
Discussion questions will be posted earlier in
the week on course web site
Students are encouraged to post questions to E-Post
and also to reply to questions
3)
EXAMS: Mid-term exam (15%) Monday, October 23
in class (Week 5)
Final exam (25%) Thursday, December 14 (2:30-430 PM
(An earlier final will be scheduled for those leaving;
details in class.)
5) TWO SHORT PAPERS:
First paper due Tuesday October 10 (Wk 3) 2-3
pages (15%)
Second paper due Wednesday November 29 (Wk 10) 5-7 pages
(25%)
Late papers will be marked down -.1 per day overdue (weekend
= 2 days)
FIRST PAPER TOPIC (2-3 pp) Analysis of texts from
early medieval witchcraft legislation.
Further details available on link to left. Texts will be discussed
in section & lecture.
SECOND PAPER TOPICS (5-7pp) are to be drawn from
assigned course readings, based on
analysis of primary documents such as the Malleus,
Doctor Faustus, 16th C. Witch Debate,
transcripts of witch trials, including the benandanti
(Night Battles) in Italy, and others from France,
Germany or England. Materials from the Salem
witch trials will be on reserve for those who want
transcripts of witch trials, including the benandanti
(Night Battles) in Italy, and others from France,
to
write about the Salem trials (also using
Salem Possessed).
Details available after midterm.
E-Post:
for questions or comments about lectures or assignments
http://catalyst.washington.edu/webtools/epost/register.cgi?owner=oneilmr&id=9512
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