10:10-11:10A     MTWR     BH147

Above section open to undergraduates only
Above section meets with WEUR W405

We believe that the study of historical events and people should
foster critical thinking as students learn to evaluate different
perspectives.  Studying different societies and their methods of
social control provides a context for our modern systems of social
organization and the conflicts resulting from them.  In an
increasingly small world, the ability to think critically about
conflict resolution is essential.  In early modern Europe the
Inquisition was the first form of organized social control, and the
mentality that evolved from this has continued in various incarnations
throughout the modern period.  Inquisitions - systems of control
imposed on a people from above by a legal authority - are
intrinsically inquisitorial in nature.  They claim to search for
information that defines a person's right to participate in society.
This course examines the mechanisms a people use for disciplining
themselves, for imposing control on others, and for evaluating who has
the right to participate in society reveal that people's fears,
priorities, values, and weaknesses.  We hope that our students will
gain an insight into their own cultural context by studying how
peoples in the past and present have sought to impose social control
on themselves and others.

Books to Buy:
George Orwell, 1984
Henry Kamen, The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision, Yale
University Press, 1997
Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down
Heda Kovaly, Under a Cruel Star

A packet of course readings is available from T.I.S.

Class format:
This class will draw on the assigned texts, primary documents, film
clips, and music to present the history and current ramifications of
the Inquisition.  In addition to completing all reading assignments
and attending lecture, students will be expected to participate in
weekly class discussions led by the instructors.  Students will be
graded on their prepared participation in these discussions as well as
on two short (2-3 page) papers, a midterm, and a final examination.

Grade breakdown: Paper One 20%, Midterm 20%, Paper Two 20%, Final Exam
20%, Class participation) discussion, attendance, etc.) 20%.

Late work will not be accepted.  Class attendance is voluntary, but
the instructors wish to point out that it constitutes 20% of your
final grade.