Monday, September 11
Topic:
How Did Privilege Influence the Old Regime?
Reading:
Jeremy Popkin, “The Structure of Eighteenth-Century French Society” and “The Preindustrial Economy” from A History of Modern France (2012) (Canvas)
Listening:
Canvas Lecture: How did Privilege Work under the Old Regime?
Wednesday, September 13
Topic:
How Did the Enlightenment Subvert the Old Regime?
Reading:
Hunt and Censer, pp. 20-24
Jeremy Popkin, “Culture and Thought in Eighteenth Century France” from A History of Modern France (2012) (Canvas)
Excerpt from Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws (1748) (Canvas)
Excerpts from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Economy” from The Encyclopedia (1755) (Canvas)
Listening:
Canvas Lecture: What Was Rousseau’s General Will?
Friday, September 15
Topic:
How Did the Financial Crisis Help Trigger the Revolution?
Reading:
Hunt and Censer, pp. 24-34
History 114: The French Revolution and Napoleon 