INSTITUTONAC10NAL ENSENANZA SUPERIOR EN LENGUAS VIVAS

DR J R FERNANDEZ

DEPARTAMENTO INGLES

CURSO ler. ano Traductorado. Turno mafiana.

ANO LECTIVO 2006

ASIGNATURA HISTORIA 1

PR.OFESOR Cristina G. Garcia Fernandez

THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES III-IX

SET I

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST. The crisis in the Roman
world: causes
and results. The Empire and the Christian Church..
THE AGE OF THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS. Political and legal conceptions of the
Germanic tribes.
Early Barbarian kingdoms. The Barbarians and the Roman Church : papal primacy.
Benedictine monasticism.
CELTIC AND ROMAN BRITAIN. The Roman invasions and conquest. Characteristics of
Roman
occupation. Limits of Romanization. Roman withdrawal.
ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND. Early settlements. Archaeological and documentary sources.
The heptarchy.
Conversion to Christianity. Social classes. Government, The law. Agriculture.
RECOMMENDED READINGS: .
R.H.C. Davis, A HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE. The Dark Ages: Introduction. II. The
Barbarian
Invasions
C. Haigh (editor) THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
A.R-Birley, Britons and Romans c WOBC-AD 409. Overv/ev/.
Kenneth O. Morgan, THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BRITAIN John Blair. The Anglo-Saxon
Period, The Age
of the Settlements .The Seventh Century.
Albert M. Craig, William A. Graham, et. al. THE HERITAGE OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
(chapters and
sections selected for each set)

SET II

THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Reasons for its survival.. Justinian the Great: military and
cultural achievements
and failures. The Justinian Code and medieval political ideas. Later history of the
Empire
ISLAM AND THE SARACENIC CIVILIZATION, The Arabs, Mohammed and the new
religion. Expansion
in Asia, Africa and Europe. Economic and political impact on Europe and the Byzantine
Empire.
THE CAROLINGIANS. The early Frankish Kingdom. The rise of the Carolingians.
Charlemagne and the
characteristics of Carolingian government. The Viking, Saracen and Hungarian
invasions and the break-up of
the Carolingian Empire. The rise ar.d development of feudalism: main aspects. Roman.
Germanic,
Merovingian, Carolingian contributions. Rights and duties of lords and vassals. Feudal
values.
TFIE VIKINGS IN ENGLAND. Invasions and settlement THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF
WESSEX. Alfred
the Great: military strategies and cultural achievements. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
His successors and the
:reconquest of the Danelaw.
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RECC MMENDED READINGS:

THE ANGLO-S.AXON CHRONICLE (extract)

OXFORD HISTORY, J. BiairT/ie Anglo-Saxon Period. The Viking Invasion And the Rise of
the House of
Wessex
Norman £ Cantor, MEDIEVAL HISTORY. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A CIVILIZATION.The
feudal
organization of society pp.214-22
Craig,op. eft.
THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES (X-XIII)

SET III

General characteristics of the High Middle Ages; comparison with the Early Middle
Ages. Social classes;
nobles, clergy, peasants, townspeople; women and children..
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE PAPACY. Achievements and failures of Otto the
Great and his
successors. The Cluniac movement and the Gregorian Reform of the Church. The
investiture controversy:
Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.
DECLINE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON MONARCHY AND THE NORMAN CONQUEST. Ethelred
and the
second Viking invasion. Canute. Edward the Confessor. Causes and effects of the
Norman Conquest: the
Anglo-Norman state and institutions. The Anglo-Saxon legacy.
NORMAN AND EARLY PLANTAGENET KINGS . Centralised feudalism in Normandy and in
.England.
The Crown, central and local government under William I and his sons. Domesday
Book: purpose and
importance. Henry I. The Charter of Liberties : background and contents. The Angevin
Empire under Henry
II. A national system of administration and justice: the English legal system. Conflict
between the Crown and
the Church: the Constitutions of Clarendon and Thomas a Becket.

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

OXFORD HISTORY, J. Blair, Ethelred and Canute. The Decline of the English Monarchy.
The end of the
Anglo-Saxon Kingdom.
IBID, John Gillingham, The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290) 1066 and All That. William I
Henry I. Henry II.
Law and Justice.
THE CORONATION CHARTER OF HENRY I AND THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON
1164
Frank Stenton, ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, The Anglo-Norman State.
Craig,op. cit.
Cantor, op.cit. Henry II, the Roman Lanv and the English legal system.

SET IV
THE CHURCH. THE CRUSADES Origins. The first and later crusades. Decline of the
movement. INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL The universities. Revival of Roman law and
Aristotelian philosophy and science. Rise of a secular bureaucracy. Scholasticism.
Romanesque and Gothic art. ECONOMIC REVIVAL: trade, towns and guilds. Economic
and political consequences. ENGLAND IN THE I3TH. CENTURY. Richard I. King John: loss
of Normandy. Relations with the Church and the barons. Magna Carta: main clauses.
Their significance. English government in the Middle Ages: organisation, functions,
sources of revenue, changes. The evolution of Parliament under Edward I. Later
development under Edward II & in. Reasons for Parliamentary gains . Lords and
Commons; work of Parliament, impeachment.
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RECOMMENDED READINGS:

* Craig.ffp. cit.
MAGNA CART A (extract)
OXFORD HISTORY, Gillingham, The Early Middle Ages. Richard!. John. Henry in.
Echvard 1. Wales and
(he Marches. Scotland. Government. Economy.
DH. Willson, A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Edward I and Edward II; Ed*>ard in.
THE LATER MIDDLE AGES AND THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN TIMES (XIV-XV)

SET V

General characteristics of the later Middle Ages. Comparison with the High Middle
Ages.. THE I4TH. CENTURY CRISIS. Economic and social problems. Decline of the
Papacy. The Hundred Years’ War causes, conflict under Edward in. The Black Death:
causes, characteristics, social and economic consequences. The evolution of the
English language.
THE 15TH. CENTURY. The Lancastrian usurpation. Characteristics of the last phase of
the Hundred Years War (Henry V and VI) Bastard feudalism. Causes and results of the
Wars of the Roses. Revival of royal power in England, Spain and France (late 15th.
century)
EARLY MODERN TIMES. The Renaissance. Humanism. Art. Voyages of discovery:
consequences. Mercantilism, capitalism. The Reformation: causes. Luther, Calvin.
Political consolidation and expansion of the Reformation. The Counter-Reformation: the
Jesuits ; the Council of Trent. Main differences between Roman Catholicism and
Protestantism.
THE TUDORS .Henry VII: the rise of royal power. Henry VIII: the Anglican Reformation.
Causes and characteristics. Role of Parliament. Religious and political changes under
Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth. Puritan and Roman Catholic opposition. Elizabethan
foreign policy .The War with Spain (1588-1603) Economic and colonial expansion:
chartered companies and colonies. Government; the central government, Parliament,
the Tudor system. The last years of Elizabeth.

REQUIRED READINGS:

Craig,op. cit.
OXFORD HISTORY, Ralph A. Griffiths, The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485) England at
War. Introduction.
Wealth, Population and Social Change. Towards a Nation.
Robert P. Bletter & Harold M. Sullivan, THE EARLY YEARS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE ,The
Changing
English Language.
Lester K. Little, Preface to Gntenhcrg, A social history of medieval books,
OXFORD HISTORY, John Guy, The Tudor Age (1485-1603). Population changes, Henry
Yll, Henry Vlll,
Echvard VI, Queen Mary, Elizabeth 1.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cantor, Norman F. MEDIEVAL HISTORY. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A CIVILIZATION,

Macmillan
1969 4
Craig, Albert M. et. al.THE HERITAGE OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS, Macmillan, 1990.
Gies, Frances and Joseph. LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, Harper Perennial, 1991.
Gies, Frances and Joseph. LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE, Harper Perennial, 1979.
Jones, J.A.P. KINNG JOHN AND MAGNA CARTA, Longman, 1980.
Haig, Christopher (de.) THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND
IRELAND, C.U.P. 1996
McNall Burns etal WORLD CIVILIZATIONS, Norton, 1986
Morgan, Kenneth O. THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BRITAIN, OUP, 1994.
Postan, MM. THE MEDIEVAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, Penguin, 1984.
Price, Mary R. and Howell, Margaret. FROM BARBARISM TO CHIVALRY, 300-1300, OUP,
1984.
Davis, R.H.C. AHISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE FROM CONSTANTINE TO ST. LOUIS,
Longman,
1978
Stenton, Frank. ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, OUP, 1971.
OBJETIVOS DE LA ASIGNATURA

1. Resenar la evolucion de Gran Bretana, especialmente Inglaterra dentro del contexto

europeo desde la prehistoria hasta principles de la Edad Moderna en lo politico,
economico y social. Se procurara que el alumno comprenda la cultura de los pueblos
de habla inglesa y que relacione la historia de esos pueblos con las grandes
transformaciones historicas
2.Mejorar el dominio del ingles por parte del alumno debido a la practica oral y escrita
y a la incorporacion de vocabulario especializado para comunicar con eficiencia
conceptos politicos, economicos y sociales
3. Estimular el espiritu critico del alumno procurando desarrollar su capacidad para
recordar la cronologia basica, discutir la causalidad historica, etnitir juicios propios
luego de consultar y evaluar fuentes y asociar los hechos historico sociales entre si.
REGIMEN DE PROMOCION

El curso sera de PROMOCION CON EXAMEN FINAL. Para aprobar los TRABAJOS
PRACTICOS y poder rendir el examen oral solamente los alumnos deberan asistir a los
TRABAJOS PRACTICOS ORALES sobre las LECTURAS OBLIGATOR1AS y a las PRUEBAS
ESCR1TAS DE REPASO mereciendo en ambos casos un promedio de 4. De no cumplir
con la asistencia o con la calidad de los trabajos practices el alumno pierde su
condicion de regular pasando a ser ALUMNO LIBRE.

Todos los ALUMNOS LIBRES deberan presentar y aprobar una monografia de 10

paginas y bibliografia impresa sobre un tema del programa elegido por el profesor.
Debera ser presentada EN EL TURNO DE EXAMEN ES ANTERIOR.Si el alumno desea
rendir en noviembre .debera ser presentada en Julio. El EXAMEN FINAL LIBRE es
ESCR5TO y ORAL, ambos eliminatorios.

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HISTORY I
Prof. C.Garcia Fernandez
(Ingles) 2006

Contenidos Páginas (en tinta a la derecha, abajo)

A: para curso anual (traductorado)

C: para cursos cuatrimestrales (profesorado)
--- (sin indicacion) -- no sera usado este afio

1. Mapas 1-12 A/C

2. Emperadores, reyes 13-16 A/C
3. Cronologia (Britain) hasta 1644- The Oxford History of Britain 17-
23 A/C
4. Genealogical tables 24-27- The Oxford History of Britain A/C
5. The Dark Ages 28-30 ---
6. Britons and Romans 31-34 ; maps A & B ---
7. Byzantines, Muslims, Franks (cronologia) 35 A/C
8. Gildas 36-38 ---
9. Bede 39-43 ---
10. J. Blair, The Anglo-Saxon Period 44-73 ---
11. Scandinavian Settlement 74-75 ---
12. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 76-78 ---
13. Cantor,The Feudal Organisation of Society 79-88 A/C
14. Stenton,The Anglo-Norman State 89-92 A/C
15. Henry I and the Coronation Charter 93-97 A/C
16. King John and Magna Carta 98-102 A/C
17. Constitutions of Clarendon (Henry II) Coronation Ch. Magna C.
103-107 A/C
18. Cantor,Henry II and the English legal system 108-112 A/C
19. The Changing English Language 113-116 A/C
20. Medieval government (web) 117 A/C
21. Willson,The development of Parliament (Edward I, II, III) 118-131
A/C
22. Riley-Smith, Reinterpreting the Crusades 132-136 A
23. The Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of the Roses (chart) 137-
139 A/C
24. A Social History of Medieval Books 140-144 ---

Chapters selected from: Craig, Graham et.al. The Heritage of World

Civilizations.
1. Ch, 6, Imperial Rome A
2. Ch 13, The Early Middle Ages in the West to 1000 A
3. Ch. 14, The High Middle Ages (1000-1300) A/C
4. Ch 16, The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance in the West
(1300-1527)A/C
5. Ch. 17, The Age of Reformation and Religious Wars A/C

Chapters selected from Harold J. Schultz, History of England (or

similar textbooks in the Library)

1. Ch. 1, The Foundations of England A

2. Ch. 2, The Anglo-Saxon Supremacy A/C
3. Ch. 3, The French Kings A/C
4. Ch. 5, King and Parliament A/C
5. Ch 7, The Early Tudors and the Reformation A/C
6. Ch. 8, Elizabethan England A/C
Orden de Lecturas:

Craige, Chapter 6, Imperial Rome. pags 178-180

Craige, chapter 13, Pags 335-338, The Early Middle Ages..

Craige, chapter 14.
Schultz, chapter 1The Roman Conquest, pags 4-9
Schultz, chapter 2? Pags 10-22, The Anglosaxon…?
Cantor, The Feudal Organization of Society.
-Craig, chapter 13, Continuity in the east
Islam
Monastic culture
papal primacy
kingdom of the Franks
Stenton, the Anglo-Norman State
Schult, chapter 3, French kings
- The changing english language
El Lunes 29 hay un examen de revisión de Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Norman Conquest,
language y lo de Craig.
Introduction to Henry I and the coronation charter
Schultz, chapter 3, The French Kings.
Puntos 21, Wilson, The Development of Parliament.
Poin 23

Henry II, the constitutions of Clarendom.

Henry II and English Legacy.
John and Magna Carta.
Schultz, chapter 5 (punto 4?) and chapter 7.
Craige, Late Middle Ages and teh Renaisance.
Craige, chapters 16 and 17.
Schultz, chapter 7.
Schultz, chapter 8.