Revised Syllabus for HSTEU 305 Summer 2009

PART II:   EUROPEAN WITCH PANIC OF THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES             

Week 5   Reading:  Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
Levack, Ch. 4 "Impact of Reformation," 3^rd ed, pp. 109-133, (2cd ed. pp. 100-124)
                                 Ch 5-6, 3^rd ed, pp 134-203, (2cd ed pp. 125-184)
                    K&P (2cd ed),  pp  259-265 (Luther); 281-302 (Weyer & Bodin), -308 (Chelmsford)
* Xerox Packet: #l Weyer, Bodin & Brenz  (will be available Tuesday Week 5)

M 7/20     Natural magic in the Renaissance learned tradition

T 7/21      Impact of the Reformation on European witch beliefs 
DISCUSSION:   Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
Read: Levack, Ch. 4, “Impact of Reformation”; K&P Luther 259-165

W 7/22     English witch trials: a separate case? Handout on English statutes  
Read: K&P Chelmsford trials, pp.302-8

Th 7/23    England: Matthew Hopkins: the “Witchfinder General” and English Civil War
Scottish witch hunt and King James Stuart (VI & I) Read K&P,  Scotland 318-322

F 7/24     Individual Appointments: 10:30-12 Noon Please arrange a time by e-mail.

WEEK 6 Reading:  : Kors & Peters, witch trial documents:  pp  345-55, 359-67, 425-29
Levack Ch 7, 3^rd ed pp. 204-252 (2cd ed pp. 185-232); 
                                       Xerox Packet: Selections #3 – 4  Germany, France
Start reading Boyer and Nissenbaum for Week 7

M 7/27        DISCUSSION:   16th century witch debate: Weyer, Bodin, Brenz, & Scot –
BRING XEROX PACKET

T  7/28 The German witch panic : Midelfort article in Xerox packet
Read: XEROX PACKET, #3 Germany (Trial of Walpurga Hausmannin)
K&P, pp  348-55 (Bamberg, Wurzburg, Bonn), 425-429 (von Spee)

W 7/29         Witch trials in France and Switzerland
Read:  K&P, 345-48 (Marie Cornu), 359-367 (Suzanne Gaudry)

Th 7/30       Possession and exorcism in France, England and Italy

Fr 7/31        Individual Appointments: 10:30-12 Noon Please arrange a time by e-mail

WEEK 7       Reading:  Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed;
Kors & Peters, 367-70 (Cotton Mater), 436-37 (Salem jurors)

M  8/3         Salem Witch Trials of 1692: The social context of witchcraft accusations

T  8/4          Puritan New England : theological and procedural issues; historical interpretations

W  8/5         What led up to Salem trials?   Discussion:   Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed Part 1

Th 8/6         What happened at Salem?      Discussion:    Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed Part 2
Kors & Peters, 367-70 (Cotton Mater), 436-37 (Salem jurors)

Fri 8/7 Individual Appointments: 10:30-12 Noon to discuss second paper topics

WEEK 8        

Reading: Xerox packet  # 5 Italy:  including benandanti  trial transcripts,
from Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 69-97, 147-171 

M  8/10      Roman Inquisition trials in Italy: heresy versus "superstition" & witchcraft and benandanti
Read: Xerox Packet O’Neil articles on magical healing, superstition, remedies

T   8/11 Benandanti as “counter-witches” 
Read: Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 147-171; Packet O’Neil  article on

W  8/12      Spain: The Basque trials and the Spanish Inquisition
Read:  K&P, Salazar, 407-419; XEROX PACKET #6 SPAIN (Henningsen)

Th 8/13      The decline of witch trials: Judicial doubts and rules of evidence

Fr 8/14       Individual Appointments: 10:30-12 Noon Please arrange a time by e-mail

MONDAY AUGUST 18 SECOND PAPERS DUE -- O’NEIL MAILBOX SMITH 315 BY 4PM

 WEEK 9      Reading: Levack, Ch 8-9, 3^rd ed, pp. 252-308 (2cd ed 233-260);
Kors & Peters, pp. 402-06 (Montaigne), 429-35 (Bekker), 438-444 (Bayle)

M  8/17       SLIDE LECTURE: The image of demons, women and witch in European art

T  8/18        Decline of  witch beliefs: skepticism, materialism and the Scientific Revolution

W  8/19       18^th -20^th C:  Romanticism, anthropological field work, feminism, neo-paganism

Th 8/20       Conclusion & review: chronology, geography & explanations for witch trials

F  8/21       FINAL EXAM IN CLASS: Bring Blue Books