HIST 102gmJudith Bennet2012 FallWeek 1Lecture 2August 30Announcements- Map handed out and will be tested in the quizzes- Final is noncumulativeOutline of Last Lecture I. Monks are in well conditions but peasants are not so luckyII. Medieval facts: bra and toiletsIII. The Master Narrative of European HistoryOutline of Today’s Lecture I. History jargon and timelineII. BeowulfIII. The middle Ages as ‘Other’Today’s LectureHistory jargon and timeline500 Early1000 | Central high1300 | Later1500Beowulf- Underprivileged and low; What’s good about hierarchyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Time and placeo 4th C, He is immigrated from Anglo-saxon (Danish) to Englando “the events it describes are set in Scandinavia, in a ‘once upon a time’ that is partly historical” (Heaney, p. ix)o 650-1000, the oral story was written sown with only one copyo 1600s resurfacedo 1800s, the script was burned down and Swedish transcribed- Historical sourceo It is a primary source instead of secondary sourceo How to read? Assessment- Primary?o What do you know about the source? One copy?o Is it the original language?o Is it a translated edition? How does it get to you?o The use of resources? How does it tell about the audience- Fiction?o What’s good about it? 1st What’s going on? Find the story line. How is it laid out, thinking it like amovie/scene? 2nd What’s familiar? Counter e.g. sleep in banquet hall, believe in monsters 3rd What’s familiar? Hierarchy.Historical Jargon- CE and BCE: Common Era and Before Common Era- BC and AD: Before Christ and Anno DominiTimeline (constructed based on swing dates)0 Good Age180 End of Good Age313 Christianity legislated430 Augustine dead500 Clovis (founder of Frankish state),
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