History 105: The Emergence of Europe, 1500-1914
Montclair State University

Professor Julia Landweber
Department of History
Spring 2010

Discussion Readings

Discussion Day #1

Cabeza de Vaca, Adventures in ... America
Las Casas, Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Sepulveda, Reasons for the Just War among the Indians

Discussion Day #2

Kramer and Sprenger, Malleus Maleficarum
Luther, “Letter to the Archbishop of Mainze”
Luther, “Address to the Christian Nobility...”
“Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day”
Montaigne, “On Cannibals”

Discussion Day #3

Three Views of Louis XIV
Persian Letters: “Parable of the Troglodytes”
Condorcet, “Future Progress of the Human Mind”

Discussion Day #4

Campan, “The Life of Marie Antoinette”
“Ça Ira” (“We Will Win”)
“La Marseillaise”
De Gouge, “Declaration of the Rights of Women”

Industrial Revolution Readings

“Leeds Woolen Workers Petition”
“Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants”
Radcliffe, “On Power Looms”

Study Guides
  Quiz #1
  Quiz #2
Midterm
Final Exam