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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, 1
2:30-1:20 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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