Class Schedule
Week 5 (February 17-23)
Monday,
February 18
Topic of Discussion:
The French Revolution
in Britain
Readings:
Excerpts from Edmund
Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Excerpts from "Revolutions
without Bloodshed, or Reformation Preferable to Revolt" (1794)
Willcox and Arnstein,
pp. 233-245
Movie: The
Madness of King George (7PM, Wyatt 101)
Wednesday,
February 20
Topic of Discussion:
"No Identification
in Anything. . . .": The Act of Union with Ireland (Student-led
Discussion)
Readings:
Henry Grattan, Speech
Moving a Declaration of Irish Right (1780)
Act for the Union of
Great Britain and Ireland (1800)
Willcox and Arnstein,
pp. 255-259
Friday,
February 22
Topic of Discussion:
Britain and the Napoleonic
Wars
Readings:
Thomas Creevey's Account
of Wellington after Waterloo (1822)
Willcox and Arnstein,
pp. 245-255, 259-298
Food
for Thought for Week 5
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by Hugh Dubrulle, 2002
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