HIST1002 西方歷史之傳統與變革

Class 1:  Ancient Greeks and Hebrews

Class 2: Ancient Rome, from Republic to Empire

Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, “The Life of Julius Caesar”, chapters 1, 2,15-23, 32.

Class 3: Medieval Europe I

Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne (selection).

St. Augustine, The City of God, Book I, Sections 7-9.

Class 4: Medieval Europe II

Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (selection).

Anonimalle Chronicle, “English Peasants’ Revolt 1381”.

Class 5: Renaissance, Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution

There will be a short test at the start of class. The test includes the materials of weeks 1-4, focusing on the primary source readings, and the lectures.

Martin Luther, The 95 Theses.

St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre(24 Aug 1572) eyewitness descriptions.

Class 6: The Anglophone World: Crisis, Growth, Crisis

John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Book II Chapter 1 (all), Chapter 7 sections 87-89,  Chapter 7 sections 95-98, Chapter 9 section 123, Chapter 19 sections 222-223.

The United States Declaration of Independence

Class 7: The French Revolution and Napoleon

The Declaration of the Rights of man

Maximilien Robespierre, “On Political Morality”.

Class 8. Industrialization

Friederich Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 (selection).

Class 9: Nineteenth-Century Europe

There will be a short test at the start of class. The test includes the material of weeks 1-8, focusing on the primary source readings, and the lectures.

Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil (selection):

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/156

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/215

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/202

http://fleursdumal.org/poem/321

Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, Preface and Chapter 1

Class 10: Nineteenth-century United States

Frederick Douglass, “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”

The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848.

Class 11: Colonization

Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden”.

George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”.

Class 12: The Path to War

There will be a short test at the start of class. The test includes the material of weeks 9-12, focusing on the primary source readings, and the lectures.

Class 13: Summary and Recap

Tutorial: 25%

Tests: 55%

• Class 5    10% 
• Class 9    30% 
• Class 12   15% 

Take-home exam: 20%

Students have to sign up for one group and attend ALL tutorials classes as it accounts for 25% of the final grade. 

Change of groups is not accepted after enrollment. 

More details will be announced.

請注意大學有關學術著作誠信的政策和規則，及適用於犯規事例的紀律指引和程序。詳情可瀏覽網址：http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/。

學生遞交作業時，必須連同已簽署的聲明一併提交，表示他們知道有關政策、規則、指引及程序。

• 如屬小組習作，則所有組員均須簽署聲明；所有組員（不論有否簽署聲明及不論有否直接或間接撰寫有問題的內容）均須負上集體責任及受到懲處。
• 如作業以電腦製作、內容以文字為主，並經由大學「維誠」系統 (VeriGuide) 提交者，學生將作業的電子檔案上載到系統後，便會獲得收據，收據上已列明有關聲明。

未有夾附簽署妥當的聲明的作業，老師將不予批閱。

學生只須提交作業的最終版本。

學生將作業或作業的一部份用於超過一個用途（例如：同時符合兩科的要求）而沒有作出聲明會被視為未有聲明重覆使用作業。學生重覆使用其著作的措辭或某一、二句句子很常見，並可以接受，惟重覆使用全部內容則構成問題。在任何情況下，須先獲得相關老師同意方可提交作業。