现代英国早期荣誉
英国在近代早期发生了翻天覆地的变化。16世纪，英国经历了宗教改革、大英帝国的开始、教育革命、人文主义的兴起、国家的壮大、最后的封建叛乱和城市化的爆发;然后，在一场君主与国会之间的内战中，17世纪的英格兰见证了塑造我们今天世界的制度和思想的基础。我们将研究英国历史上一些最引人注目的人物:贪得无厌的亨利八世和他才华横溢的女儿伊丽莎白一世;被驱使的奥利弗·克伦威尔和“快乐的君主”查理二世;像莎士比亚、弥尔顿、玛格丽特·卡文迪什和阿芙拉·本这样的作家;探险家沃尔特·罗利和弗朗西斯·德雷克;托马斯·莫尔、弗朗西斯·培根、托马斯·霍布斯和约翰·洛克等思想家;但我们也会研究影响早期现代英格兰的更大的社会和文化力量，包括识字率的上升，经济分层的加剧，对魔法和巫术的新理解，性别角色，普通法体系的发展，以及移民政治。是什么让这门课成为荣誉课程? This course will ask students to make big connections about a critical time in history. We will examine some of the seminal texts in Anglo-American culture, and we will study foundational changes in British and American law, politics, and society. More than anything, though, this class will push you to answer the why questions about this history: why did people assent to the Reformation? Why did a Civil War break out? And, perhaps most importantly, why was this question so important: which do you fear more, tyranny or anarchy? In doing so, students will be asked to do extra, independent research for all essay questions. They will also be asked to write a reflective piece at the end of the course about these very questions.