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INSTITUTO NACI0NAL de ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR EN LENGUAS VIVAS

DR J R FERNANDEZ

DEPARTAMENTO INGLES
CURSO 1er. año Traductorado. Turno mañana.
ANO LECTIVO 2006
ASIGNATURA HISTORIA 1
PROFESOR 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 100BC-AD 409. Overview.
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 and development of feudalism: main aspects. Roman. Germanic,
Merovingian, Carolingian contributions. Rights and duties of lords and vassals.
Feudal values.
THE 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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RECOMMENDED 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 F. Cantor, MEDIEVAL HISTORY. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A CIVILIZATION.The
feudal organization of society pp.214-22
Craig, op. cit.

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 Law 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 & III. Reasons for Parliamentary gains. Lords and
Commons; work of Parliament, impeachment.

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RECOMMENDED READINGS:

Craig, op. cit.

MAGNA CARTA (extract)
OXFORD HISTORY, Gillingham, The Early Middle Ages. Richard I. John. Henry III.
Echvard I. Wales and the Marches. Scotland. Government. Economy.
DH. Willson, A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Edward I and Edward II; Edward III.

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 III. 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 Gutenberg, 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 I.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

Macmillan 1969
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 et. al 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. Reseñar la evolucion de Gran Bretana, especialmente Inglaterra dentro del

contexto europeo desde la prehistoria hasta principios 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, emitir 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 OBLIGATORIAS y a las
PRUEBAS ESCRITAS DE REPASO mereciendo en ambos casos un promedio de 4. De
no cumplir con la asistencia o con la calidad de los trabajos practicos 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 EXAMENES ANTERIOR. Si el
alumno desea rendir en noviembre debera ser presentada en Julio. EL EXAMEN
FINAL LIBRE es ESCRITO y ORAL, ambos eliminatorios.

Cristina G. Garcia Fernandez