9/13. A Closer (And Different) Look at the "Golden Age"
Rediker, 1-37 (Chs. 1-2)
During this week, we will schedule individual meetings to start developing research topics.
9/15. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Sailor's Lives and the Social Origins of Piracy
Rediker, 38-59 (Ch. 3)
Rediker, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, 77-84, 94, 110-111, 153-162, 211-217 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
9/20. "Brethren of the Coast?": Pirate Justice and Politics
Rediker, 60-102 (Chs. 4-5)
Snelgrave, "Captain Snelgrave's Captivity, 1719," 78-85 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Johnson, "Articles of Bartholomew Robert's Crew/Pirate Articles," 91-94 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
9/22. "Brethren of the Coast?" Part 2: Gender and Sexuality Beneath the Jolly Roger
Rediker, 103-126 (Ch. 6)
Johnson, "The Life of Mary Read" and "The Life of Anne Bonny," 106-118 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Charlevoix, "On Mateloge" (Shared Files, MyJCU)
9/23 OFFICIAL MAKE-UP DAY (FRIDAY). "A First War on Terror?": The End of an Era Revisited
Rediker, 127-176 (Chs. 7-8, Conclusion)
Johnson, "The Life of Captain Teach," 42-56 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Johnson, "A short ABSTRACT of the Statute and Civil Law, in Relation to Piracy," 337-340 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Reaction Paper 1 Due
Part 3: Patriarchs, Goodwives, and Witches
9/27. Beliefs: Witches and Witchcraft
Karlsen, xi-xv, 1-45 (Preface, Ch. 1)
Primary Sources on New England Witchcraft Beliefs, from Godbeer, Richard, The Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents, 37-38, 40-44, 50-51, 54-61 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
10/4. Backgrounds: Who Became Witches?
Karlsen, 46-116 (Chs. 2-3)
Begin Primary Sources on Salem Witchcraft Trials, from Godbeer, The Salem Witch Hunt, 66-73, 76-80, 108-109, 112-113, 128-131, 134
(Shared Files, MyJCU)
Preliminary Bibliography and Paragraph Outlining Research Topic Due
10/6. Gender, Religious Belief and Witchcraft
Karlsen, 117-181 (Chs.4-5)
Review Primary Sources on Salem Witchcraft Trials, from Godbeer, The Salem Witch Hunt, 66-73, 76-80, 108-109, 112-113, 128-131, 134
(Shared Files, MyJCU)
10/11. What Do Witch-Hunts (and Witches) Reveal About Colonial New England?
Karlsen, 182-221 (Ch. 6)
Mather, "A Discourse on Witches," in Kors and Peters, eds., Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700, 367-370 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Norton, "Conclusion," in In The Devil's Snare, 295-304 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
10/13. Understanding Witches and the "Possessed"?
Required: Karlsen, 221-257 (Ch. 7, Epilogue)
Required: Norton, "Interpreting the Behavior of the 'Afflicted Girls,'", in In The Devil's Snare, 305-308 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Required: Roper, "Oedipus and the Devil," in The Witchcraft Reader, 324-335 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Required: "The Public Confession of Ann Putnam," in Godbeer, The Salem Witch Hunt, 176-177 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Recommended: Reis, Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England, 1-3, 9-10, 131-137, 151-152, 163 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Reaction Paper 2 Due
10/14. Make-up Class for Thursday, September 29th Cancellation--9-11:30, Corsini 1
Film Screening and Discussion (Film title TBA)
Part 4: Plantations, Runaways, and Maroon Societies
10/18. Oral History, Anthropology and the Jamaican Maroons
Required: Bilby, 1-65 (Chs. 1-2)
Recommended: Bilby, xi-xix
10/20. Out of Africa and Out of Slavery
Required: Bilby, 69-128 (Chs. 3-4)
10/25. Survival
Required: Bilby, 129-180 (Ch. 5)
Required: Edwards, "Observations on the...Maroon Negroes of the Island of Jamaica," in Price, ed., Maroon Societies, 230-245 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
10/27. Making War, Making Peace
Required: Bilby, 181-213, 247-288 (first sections of Ch. 6, Chs. 7-8)
Required: Edwards, "Observations on the...Maroon Negroes of the Island of Jamaica," in Price, ed., Maroon Societies, 230-245 (Shared Files, MyJCU)
Recommended: Bilby, 213-246 (remainder of Ch. 6)
10/28 OFFICIAL FRIDAY MAKE-UP DAY Class Cancelled--Previously Made-Up