History 111 Spring 2021:

Introduction to Medieval and Early Modern Western Civilization

Thirteenth Module Writing Assignment

Primary Source Analysis Questions (70 Points)

Due: Friday, April 30, 2021

John of Salisbury’s Policraticus

Excerpts from Machiavelli’s Prince

Elizabeth I’s Act of Uniformity (1559)

De Thou’s account of the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew’s Day

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· Please discuss two episodes in Elizabeth I’s career as Queen of England discussed in the documentary Elizabeth the Queen and/or documented by the assigned primary source:

· Do you think that Elizabeth met John of Salisbury’s standard for a “prince” or ruled like a “tyrant?”

· Do you think Elizabeth followed Machiavelli’s recommendations for a “prince?”

· Based upon De Thou’s account of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, do you believe that Catherine de Medici met John of Salisbury’s standard for a “prince” or ruled like a “tyrant?”

· Do you think Catherine de Medici followed Machiavelli’s recommendations for a “prince?”

· Do you think that Philip II of Spain met John of Salisbury’s standard for a “prince” or ruled like a “tyrant?”

· Do you think Philip II followed Machiavelli’s recommendations for a “prince?”

HeRE ARE THE LECTURE THAT WILL HELP YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THERE’S NOOOO PLAGIARISM!

For this thirteenth module, please read Anthony Grafton and Donald Bell, The West: A New History, pp. 390-391; 398-406; 452-453; 466-470

Thirteenth Module Video Lecture: The Sixteenth-Century Wars of Religion

First Part of a Four-Part Documentary on the Reign of Elizabeth I of England

Second Part of a Four-part Documentary about the Reign of Elizabeth I of England

Third Part of a Four-Part Documentary on the reign of Elizabeth I of England

Fourth Part of a Four-Part Documentary Series on the Reign of Elizabeth I of England

First Primary Source: Elizabeth I’s Act of Uniformity (1559)

This is the first of two primary sources assigned to help students complete the Twelfth Module Writing Assignment.

Second Primary Source: De Thou’s Account of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572

· This is the second of two primary sources assigned to help students complete the thirteenth module writing assignment.

Third Primary Source: Excerpts from John of salisbury’s Policraticus This

· third primary source, first introduced in the seventh module, is copied here to help students complete the thirteenth module writing assignment.

Fourth Primary Source: Excerpts from Machiavelli’s Prince

· This fourth primary source, first introduced in the tenth module, will also be helpful for completing the thirteenth module writing assignment.