UHC Western European History II

Week #5:

February 1:

We will continue our discussion of the Industrial Revolution, in particular focusing on the impact on society and the response to it, both pro and con.  Be prepared to discuss the article on Tolkein.  This will help tie together the French and Industrial Revolutions.

Watch Merriman's lecture on the Middle Classes in Europe:

Then watch two very funny videos from Horrible Histories on the Victorian Era

For the 3rd - Read:

• Watch Merriman's Lecture on England. Begin at 20 minute mark.

  • Merriman pp 578-612

  •  Notes: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_levack_west_2/0,11592,2899269-,00.html

• Documents on 19th Century Germany

  • Fichte's Address to the German Nation 1806

  • Fichte's Address to the German Nation 1807

  • Frankfurt Parliament - Encarta 2000

•  Read these short articles:

  • "What is Romanticism?"

    • "Romantic Art"

    • The Raft of the Medusa

  • What is Nationalism?- By Eric Hobsbawm

• Courseweb-PowerPoints-Age of Ideology - Age of Ideology

Recommended:

• Watch The 19th Century German Philosophers play the Greek Philosophers in a Football Match.

• The Romantic Hero: Ian Curtis

• Romantic Imagery used by OMD in Joan of Arc: Maid of Orleans

• Watch Dead Poet's Society scene and then view the following PowerPoint

  • Dead Poets Society - Hallelujah

The following build on the Merriman lecture.  Make sure you go through these.

• Read:  Very Short but Helpful in Understanding England

  • Chartist Petition

  • Thomas Macaulay - Speech on the Reform Bill of 1832

  • Malthus' Essay on Population

  • The Corn Laws in England

    • The Corn Laws - a short overview

  • 1832 Reform Act

  • The Reform Act Crisis
  • Reform Acts: An Introduction
  • Terms of the 1832 Reform Act
  • How Did the Tories Recover after the 1832 Reform Act?
  • The Bristol Reform Bill Riots-1831

February 3: 

We will briefly discuss the triumph of Liberalism in England and its halting progress in France in the mid-19th Century. We will primarily deal with the Philosophies of Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and, in particular Romanticism.  We will then examine the nature of German Development in the 19th Century, which led to its unification at the intersection of Romanticism and Nationalism. 

• For the next Tuesday

  • Merriman pp. 613-643

  • Courseweb - PowerPoints - 1848 Revolutions - Download to bring to class.

  • Courseweb-Powerpoints-Age of Ideology-Ideological Conflict and Unification - For your own Reference