Western Civilization                                                

Assignment Unit

Unit  # 5

 

     ABSOLUTISM AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

                                          

 

Topic  1          The Age of the Baroque    [PP/M]

                        a) Text,  pp. 482-96, 514-5, and 546-7.

                        b) slides

 

Topic  2          Louis XIV; Portrait of an Absolutist Monarch   [PP]

                        a) Text,  pp. 503-12, and 525-44.

             

 Topic  3         The Enlightenment   [PP/D]

                        a) Text,  pp. 516-25  AND  578-607.

                        b)  Handout- in class

 

Topic  4          France and the Rural Poor   [D]

                        a) Seeds of Change,  pp. 5-39.     (Chapters 1 & 2)

 

Topic  5          France and the Nobility [D]

                        a) Seeds of Change,  pp. 41-79.  (Chapters 3 & 4)

 

Topic  6          The First Stage of the Revolution [PP/D]

                        a) Text,  pp. 610-26.                      

 

Topic  7          The Middle Stages of the Revolution [PP/D]

                        a) Text,  pp. 627-34.

 

Topic  8          Napoleon and the End of the Revolution [PP/D]

                        a) Text,  pp. 634-39.

 

Topic  9          Summary and Conclusion

                        a) Seeds of Change,  pp 81-99.  (Chapter 5)