DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Ernest Scott Professor of History:

Professor J. A. LA NAUZE, B.A. (W.A.), M.A. (Oxon and Melb. ) (In charge of Department, 1965.)

Professor of History:

Professor R. M. CRAWFORD, B.A. (Syd. ), M.A. (Oxon and Melb. ) ORDINARY DEGREE

(Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section.) Students are advised to watch the notice boards in the department of History.

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Group 2(a) Majors:

One of Ancient History I, British History, Modern History A, followed by

Two of

American History, Australian History, Far Eastern History, Later British History, Modern History B, Economic History I.

Economic History I may not be taken as the third part of the major, and may not be taken if Later British History is taken.

For combinations

of

History with Fine Arts and with Political Science, see pp. 32 and 33.

Sub

-

majors:

One of Ancient History I, British History, Modem History A, followed by

One of American History, Australian History, Far Eastern History, Later British History, Modern History B, Economic History I.

Pre-requisites:

For all History subjects, other than Ancient History I, British History, Modern History A, the pre-requisite is a grade I History subject or two other subjects.

Students who have not taken a Grade I History are, however, strongly advised not to attempt a Grade II History subject.

Students

who

take a History major or follow a History Honours course are ex- pected to possess an historical atlas. One of the following two atlases is prescribed.

Fullard, H., and Treharve, R. F.—Muir's Historical Atlas, Medieval and Modern.

(9th ed., Philip.)

Palmer, R. R. (ed. )—Atlas of World History. (Rand McNally.)

[An abridged paperback edition, Historical Atlas of the World _ ( ed. R. R.

Palmer), contains only half of the maps and omits introductions and tables.]

58. ANCIENT HISTORY PART I

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year. Students will be required to submit written work during the course.

SYLLABUS

A study of the origin and development of the ancient civilizations of the Middle and Near East and the Mediterranean. Special attention

will

be given

to

three main subjects:

(i) The period from Palaeolithic savagery down to the establishment of the settled urban bronze-working societies of the third millenium B.C. This section will Include lectures on archaeological method and interpretation.

(ii) The period from the Bronze Age civilization of Crete down to the Hellenistic Empires. The emphasis here will be upon cultural developments and the organization of government.

( iii) The unification of the Mediterranean world under the government of Rome, together with

some

treatment of Rome's contacts with the outside world.

BOOKS

(a)

and

Yee, C.—A History of the Roman People. (Prentice-

Hall.)

(b) Prescribed textbooks:

Wheeler, R. E. M.—Archaeology from. the Earth. (O.U.P. & Pelican.) 105

FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK

*Clark,

D. G.-Archaeology and Society. (Methuen.) Jones, A. H. M.—Athenian Democracy. (Blackwefl.) Hammond, N. G. L: A History of Greece. (Clarendon.) Scullard, H. H.—From the Gracch{ to Nero. (Methuen.) (c) Recommended for reference;

Reading guides will be issued during the year.

EXAMINATION

One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students during the first term.

59. BRITISH HISTORY

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The history of England, 1485-1689, with special regard to the period from 1603-1660.

Students will be required to submit written work during the course. The Rosemary Merlo Prize for the best essay in the subject will be awarded annually.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

*B

іґі

d

ff, S. T.—Tudor England. (Penguin.)

»Trevelyan, G. M. England under the Stuarts (1603-1714). (Penguin.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

Stephenson, C., and Marcham, F.—Sources of English Constitutional History.*

(Harper.)

Hill, Christopher—The Century of Revolution 1603-1714.* (Nelson.)

Elton, G. R.-England Under the Tudors. ( Methuen.)*

*Tanner,

R. English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century.

(C.U.P.)

Huehns, G. (ed. )—Sеlections from Clarendon. (World's Classics.) Hill C. Puritanism and Revolution. (Mercury Books.)

Firth, C. H.—Cromwell's Army. (Methuen, University Paperbacks.) Tawney, R. H.—Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. (Penguin & Murray.) Firth, C.—Oliver Cromwell. (World's Classics.)

(c) Guides to reference books will be issued from time to time during the year.

EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

60. MODERN HISTORY A

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

A survey of European history between the tenth and the mid-seventeenth.

centuries which will concentrate on:

(a) the development of royal government in Germany, France and Spain;

(b) the r

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of religion in society together with Church-State relations, and with reference to the Papacy, the Reformation, and the Wars of Religion;

(c) movements of European expansion, including German colonization eastward, the crusades, the Spanish conquistadores, and the Portuguese and Dutch in Asia.

Students will be required to submit written work during the course.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Hay, D.—The Medieval Centuries.* (Methuen, University Paperbacks.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

(i) General textbooks:

Scott, 1.—Medieval Europe.* (Longmans.)

Downs, N. (ed. )—Basic Documents in Medieval History.* (Van Nostrand, Anvil Books.)

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*Parry, J. H.—Europe

and

Wider World 1415-1715.

(Hutchinson.)

*Нelm, P.

J. History of Europe. 1450-1660.

(Bell.)

*Bainton, R.

I..—The Age of the Reformation.

(Van Nostrand, Anvil Books.) Chadwick, O.-The

Reformation.

(Penguin. )

Elton, G.

R.—Reformation Europe 1517-1559.

(Collins, Fontana Library.) (ii) Special studies:

*Joinville and Villehardouin—Chronicles

of the Crusades.

(Penguin.)

*Barraclough,

G.—The Origins of Modern Germany.

(Blackwell.)

*Fawtier, R.—The

Capetian Kings of France.

(Macmillan Papermac.) Perroy, E.—The

Hundred Years

War. ( Eyre Spottiswoode. )

*Elliott, J.

H. Imperial Spain 1469-1716. (Arnold.

)

Neale, J. E.-The

Age of Catherine de Medici.

(Cape Paperback.)

Wedgwood, C.

V.—William the Silent.

(Methuen, University Paperbacks.) EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

63. AMERICAN HISTORY

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The - social and economic history of the United States from the American Revolution to 1941. Little attention will be paid to state political history, and federal political problems will be considered in relation to major questions of social development or national history. Some emphasis will be placed on western expansion, the causes of the Civil War and American foreign policy.

Students will be required to submit written work during the course.

ВООКS

(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:

Faulkner, H.

U.—Economic History of the United States.

(Macmillan.) Parkes, H.

B.—The American People. ( Еуге

& Spottiswoode. )

Nye, R. B., and Morpurgo, J.

E.—History of the United States.

(Pelican.) (b ) Prescribed textbooks:

*Morison, S. E., and Commager, H.

S.—Growth of the American Republic.

(O.U.P.)

Turner, F.

J.—The Frontier

American History

(Holt.) or Turner, F.

J.—Frontier and Section. ( Spectrum

Books.)

*Alexander,

F.—Moving Frontiers. ( M.U.P. )

*Bogart, E. L., and Kemmerer, D.

L.-Economic History of the American People.

(Longmans.)

*Hacker, L. M., and Kendrick, B. B.—The

United States since I865.

(Crofts.) Bailey, T.

A.—Diplomatic History of the United States.

(Crofts.)

*Birley,

R.-Speeches and Documents

American History,

4 vols. (O.U.P.) Killington, R.

A.—The Westward Movement in the United States.

(Anvil: Van

Nostrand. )

A supplementary reading guide will be issued at the beginning of first term.

EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

Students will be required to submit essays during the course.

SYLLABUS

The history of Australia, 1788-1939. The course will consist of two main sec- tills: a study-largely comparative—of the Australian colonies in the nineteenth cen- tury (with emphasis on the period after 1850), and an examination of selected social and political problems in the Commonwealth period.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

*Crawford, R.

M.—Australia. (Hutchinson.)

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FACULTY OF ARTS HANDB00К

Clark, C. M. H.—А

History of Australia,

vol. I. ( M.U.P. ) Clark, C. M. H.—

А Short Histoгy of Australia.

(Mentor Books.) Hancock, W. K.-Australia. ( Jacaranda Press. )

La Nauze, J.

A.—"The Study of Australian Нistory, 1929-1959." ( Reprint

from

Historical Studies, Australia and New Zealand,

separately available In

Вailliеи

Library.)

Shaw, A. C.

L.—The Story of Australia.

(Faber.)

Kiddie, Margaret—Men

of Yesterday,

A

Social History of the Western District of Victoria. (

M.U.P. )

Grattan, C. Hartley—The

Southwest Pacific to 1900.

(U. of Michigan P., 1983.)

The South-West Paci

fi

rince

1900.

(b) Prescribed textbooks:

*Clark, C. M. H. (

ед.)—Sеlect Documents in Australian HIstory.

2 vols., 1788- 1850, 1851-1900. (Angus & Robertson.)

*Clark, C. M. H. (ed.

)—Sources of Australian History.

(World's Classics.) Greenwood, G. (ed.

)—Australia--A Social and Political History.

(Angus &

Robertson.)

Gollan,

R.—Radical and

Working

Class Politics.

A

Study of Easte

rn

Australia 1850-1910.

(M.U.P. )

Deakin, A.—The

Federal Story.

(M.U.P., paperback, 1964. This edition

essential.)

(c) Reference books:

Reading guides will be issued during the course.

EXAMINATION

One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students

during first term.

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58. ANCIENT HISTORY PART I

will

to

some

(a)

and

*Clark,

D. G.-Archaeology and Society. (Methuen.) Jones, A. H. M.—Athenian Democracy. (Blackwefl.) Hammond, N. G. L: A History of Greece. (Clarendon.) Scullard, H. H.—From the Gracch{ to Nero. (Methuen.) (c) Recommended for reference;

Reading guides will be issued during the year.

EXAMINATION

One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students during the first term.

SYLLABUS

The history of England, 1485-1689, with special regard to the period from 1603-1660.

Students will be required to submit written work during the course. The Rosemary Merlo Prize for the best essay in the subject will be awarded annually.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

*B

d

ff, S. T.—Tudor England. (Penguin.)

»Trevelyan, G. M. England under the Stuarts (1603-1714). (Penguin.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

*Stephenson, C., and Marcham, F.—Sources of English Constitutional History.

(Harper.)

*Hill, Christopher—The Century of Revolution 1603-1714. (Nelson.)

*Elton, G. R.-England Under the Tudors. ( Methuen.)

*Tanner,

R. English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century.

(C.U.P.)

Huehns, G. (ed. )—Sеlections from Clarendon. (World's Classics.) Hill C. Puritanism and Revolution. (Mercury Books.)

Firth, C. H.—Cromwell's Army. (Methuen, University Paperbacks.) Tawney, R. H.—Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. (Penguin & Murray.) Firth, C.—Oliver Cromwell. (World's Classics.)

(c) Guides to reference books will be issued from time to time during the year.

EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

SYLLABUS

A survey of European history between the tenth and the mid-seventeenth.

centuries which will concentrate on:

(a) the development of royal government in Germany, France and Spain;

(b) the r

l

of religion in society together with Church-State relations, and with reference to the Papacy, the Reformation, and the Wars of Religion;

(c) movements of European expansion, including German colonization eastward, the crusades, the Spanish conquistadores, and the Portuguese and Dutch in Asia.

Students will be required to submit written work during the course.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

*Hay, D.—The Medieval Centuries. (Methuen, University Paperbacks.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

(i) General textbooks:

*Scott, 1.—Medieval Europe. (Longmans.)

*Downs, N. (ed. )—Basic Documents in Medieval History. (Van Nostrand, Anvil Books.)

and

Wider World 1415-1715.

J. History of Europe. 1450-1660.

I..—The Age of the Reformation.

Reformation.

R.—Reformation Europe 1517-1559.

of the Crusades.

G.—The Origins of Modern Germany.

Capetian Kings of France.

Hundred Years

H. Imperial Spain 1469-1716. (Arnold.

Age of Catherine de Medici.

V.—William the Silent.

63. AMERICAN HISTORY

U.—Economic History of the United States.

B.—The American People. ( Еуге

E.—History of the United States.

S.—Growth of the American Republic.

(O.U.P.)

J.—The Frontier

American History

J.—Frontier and Section. ( Spectrum

F.—Moving Frontiers. ( M.U.P. )

L.-Economic History of the American People.

United States since I865.

A.—Diplomatic History of the United States.

Stephenson, C., and Marcham, F.—Sources of English Constitutional History.*

Hill, Christopher—The Century of Revolution 1603-1714.* (Nelson.)

Elton, G. R.-England Under the Tudors. ( Methuen.)*

Hay, D.—The Medieval Centuries.* (Methuen, University Paperbacks.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

Scott, 1.—Medieval Europe.* (Longmans.)

Downs, N. (ed. )—Basic Documents in Medieval History.* (Van Nostrand, Anvil Books.)