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HSTEU
305 EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS
Summer Quarter 2009
Prof.
Mary O'Neil
Office:
Smith 212A Phones: 543-9370 (direct to my office)
or 543-5790 (messages)
Office Hours: Tues 9:30-10:15, Thurs 11:30-12:30 &
by appointment other times (except Wednesday)
E-mail:
oneilmr@u.washington.edu
This is the best way to reach me outside of class and
to schedule appts outside of office hours.
COURSE WEB PAGE
http://courses.washington.edu/hsteu305
Outlines
for class lectures will be posted by Sunday pm each week.
Required Books (ordered
at University Bookstore)
Norman Cohn, Europe’s Inner Demons (Revised edition, 2001)
Kors
& Peters, Witchcraft in Europe 1100-1700: Documentary History
(2cd ed, 2001)
Brian
Levack, The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe 2006, 3rd edition
(2cd OK)
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of
Witchcraft
Xerox PACKET: available now at Ram Copy Center, just south of 42cd on University
LINK TO E-RESERVE VERSION OF XEROX PACKET:
you will need to copy and past this URL into your browser as I have not been able to
make the link work -- For Monday read section 1, listed as "Week 6 Readings"
https://eres.lib.washington.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=6823&page=docs
REQUIREMENTS:
** ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED TO PASS THIS COURSE **
Incompletes at end of quarter for medical or personal
emergencies only.
1)
Attendance at lectures, KEEP UP WITH reading (about 120 pages
week:
this is a lot but very interesting, sometimes amazing reading.)
2)
DISCUSSION: participation in class discussions will count for 10% of
grade
3)
EXAMS: Mid-term exam (15%) Friday July 17th
in class (Week 4)
Final exam (25%) Friday, August 21, 10:30- 12:30 (last
day)
4) TWO SHORT PAPERS:
First paper due Wednesday July 8 2-3 pages (15%)
Wk 3
Second paper due Monday August 17th 5-7 pages
(25%) Week 9
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.
Details available on last page of this
syllabus. Texts will be discussed in section & lecture.
SECOND PAPER TOPICS (5-7pp) are to be drawn from
assigned course readings, based on
an 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
to write about the Salem trials (also using Salem Possessed).
Historical
Background: There are no prerequisites for this course, but
it covers a broad span of history
from Middle Ages to the 17th C. If students want more background on topics
covered in class, here are
some general surveys of medieval and early modern history (available at
Odegaard Undergraduate Library):
C. Warren Hollister, Medieval Europe: A Short History [D117/H6]
Coffin and Stacey Western Civilization [CB245/L47]
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