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HISTORY 254                                            SPRING 1995

THE HABSBURG MONARCHY AND ITS PEOPLES:1740-1918

  Instructor:       Professor Ronald E. Coons
  Office:           Wood Hall 227
  Hours:            Mon., 1:00-2:00 p.m., Tues. and Thurs.,
                    9:00-10:00 a.m., and by appointment
  Phone:            486-4160; 486-3722 (messages)

  This course will analyze those forces which brought the collapse of
  the multinational, dynastic state of the Habsburgs at the beginning of
  the twentieth century and those which held it together through the end
  of the nineteenth, with special attention to the Monarchy's influence
  upon, and response to, modern European history.  Students should pur-
  chase the following titles, available at the UConn Co-op:

       Victor Mamatey, The Rise of the Habsburg Empire;
       Alan Sked, A History of the Habsburg Empire;
       T.C.W. Blanning, Joseph II;
       Carl E. Schorske, Fin-de-Siecle Vienna;
       Joseph Roth, Radetzky March;
       Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., Austria-Hungary and the Coming of the
         First World War.

  (Additional reading assignments for students enrolled in the "Linkage
  Through Language" Program either will find their reading assignments
  on reserve in the Homer Babbidge Library or will receive xerox materi-
  als from the instructor.)

  ASSIGNMENTS:

       History 254 is a "W" course. To meet the "W" requirement, two
  course assignments are designed to help students develop their skills
  in historical writing.

  1. Due Friday, March 10:

       Each student will write a five-page paper on some important fig-
  ure in the history of the Habsburg Monarchy from the period before
  1815.  A list of possible subjects will be provided early in the
  semester; students are urged to choose a subject and to begin prepar-
  ing a paper as soon as possible. Late papers will be penalized, and
  students are required to clear the topic of their papers with the
  instructor before submitting them.

     (Students taking History 254 in the context of the "Linkage Through
  Language" Program are also expected to write a paper of approximately
  five pages on a topic to be determined in consultation with the
  instructor. They should, however, do as much reading as possible IN
  GERMAN.)


  2. HOUR EXAMINATION:

       At some point in the semester there will be either an in-class or
  a take-home examination. The date of the exam will be announced at
  least one week in advance.

  3. Due Friday, May 5:

      Each student is required to submit a term paper of approximately
  ten pages dealing with any topic in Habsburg history during the period
  1790-1918. Possible topics include: 1) some aspect of the nationality
  conflict, 2) a problem or an episode in diplomatic or political his-
  tory, 3) some aspect of social, economic, intellectual, or artistic
  history, 4) a major personality, or 5) a member of the Habsburg
  dynasty.

     (Students taking History 254 in the context of the "Linkage Through
  Language" Program are expected to write a similar paper, with the
  exception that as much of their reading as possible should be con-
  ducted in GERMAN.)


  POLICY ON RE-WRITTEN PAPERS:

       Papers will be returned with a provisional grade that will become
  permanent unless students wish to submit a revised paper. If a student
  elects this option, the final grade for the assignment will be the
  average of the grades for the initial and the revised paper. Students
  are warned, however, that in rewriting their papers they are expected
  to do more than simply incorporate the instructor's suggested revi-
  sions.


  ATTENDANCE POLICY:

 Attendance will be taken at each lecture and is highly encouraged.


                 LECTURE TOPICS AND READING ASSIGNMENTS:



   Topic 1:  Introduction: Why Study the Habsburg Monarchy?

   Topic 2:  Central European Geography

   Topic 3:  The Peoples of Central Europe

   Topic 4:  Annus Mirabilis I: 1526
              Mamatey, The Rise of the Habsburg Empire; pp. 1-27
             +R.J.W. Evans, "The Austrian Habsburgs," in A. G. Dickens,
                ed., The Courts of Europe, pp. 121-145
                (GT/3510/C68/1977)

   Topic 5:  The Institutions of 1526

   Topic 6:  From White Mountain to Westphalia
              Mamatey, pp. 28-57

   Topic 7:  Annus Mirabilis II: 1683
              Mamatey, pp. 58-74

   Topic 8:  The Inheritance of Maria Theresa
              Mamatey, pp. 74-100

   Topic 9:  The Reforms of Maria Theresa
              Mamatey, pp. 101-127
              Blanning, Joseph II, pp. 1-55
              +E. Wangermann, "Maria Theresa: A Reforming Monarchy", in
                A. G. Dickens, ed., The Courts of Europe, pp. 283-303;

   Topic 10: Stupor Habsburgicus: Joseph II
              Mamatey, pp. 127-139
              Blanning, pp. 56-208

   Topic 11: "One Step Backward, and No Steps Forward" - The Brief Reign
                of Leopold II
              Mamatey, pp. 139-160
             +Ernst Wangermann, The Austrian Achievement, pp. 157-186.
                (DB/69/.7/W35)

   Topic 12: Cultural Nationalism

   Topic 13: Biedermeier/Vormaerz - The Age of Reaction
              Sked, A History of the Habsburg Empire; pp. 1-40

   Topic 14: The Road to Revolution
              Sked, pp. 41-88

   Topic 15: "Das Sturmjahr" - 1848
              Sked, pp. 89-136
             +Jonathan Sperber, The European Revolutions, 1848-1851, pp.
                203-218, 221-230. (D/387/S64/1993)

   Topic 16: Neoabsolutism
              Sked, pp. 137-186

   Topic 17: Foreign Policy and Constitutional Experimentation
              Sked, pp. 187-207

   Topic 18: The Liberal Era - Discussion
              Schorske, Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, pp. xvii-xxix, 3-115.
                entire.

   Topic 19: The Last Decades of Peace
              Sked, pp. 208-238
              Joseph Roth, Radetzky March

   Topic 20: The Road to Sarajevo - Discussion
              Sked, pp. 239-258
              Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., Austria-Hungary and the Coming
                of the First World War

   Topic 21: Finis Austriae
              Sked, pp. 258-272


                      ******FINAL EXAMINATION******

The following syllabus is a special section of the course that we are
doing
through:


                  "LINKAGE THROUGH LANGUAGE" ASSIGNMENTS

   Week 1: Die Konturen des Habsburger Reiches: Namen der Laendereien
           Tuesday, January 31, 1995
              F.W. Putzger, Historischer Weltatlas, S. 50-51, 71, 74-75.

   Week 2: Rudolf von Habsburg und Oesterreich
           Tuesday, February 7
              Franz Grillparzer, Auszuege aus Koenig Ottokars Glueck und
                Ende
             +Jean Berenger, A History of the Habsburg Empire 1273-1700,
                pp. 37-52 (DB/36/.3/H3/B4713/1994)

   Week 3: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen
           Tuesday, February 14
              H. Schreiber, Oesterreich aus erster Hand:  Max Braubach,
                "Der Prinz Eugen"; Brief von Eugen von Savoyen und Graf
                Starhemberg; Briefe an Erzherzog Karl von Lothringen

   Week 4: Das barocke Oesterreich
           Tuesday, February 21
              Diverse Ansichten

   Week 5: Kaiserin Maria Theresia
           Tuesday, February 28
              Video-Auszuege ueber Maria Theresia aus Die Habsburger
              "Umkehrer der Allianzen" - Fuerst Kaunitz - aus "Die
                Zeit", 24. Juni 1994

   Week 6: Kaiser Joseph II. und seine Mutter
           Tuesday, March 7
              Maria Theresiens "Politisches Testament
              Johann Caspar Riesbeck: "Joseph II. und seine Reformen"
                aus H. Schreiber, ed., Oesterreich aus erster Hand

   Week 7: Der Fruehnationalismus
           Tuesday, March 14
              Johann Gottfried von Herder, Vorwort zu Alte Volkslieder;
                ausgewaehlte Gedanken zur Nation

   Week 8: Die Kultur der Biedermeierzeit
           Tuesday, March 28
              Franz Grillparzer, "Der arme Spielmann"

   Week 9: Das "System" Metternichs
           Tuesday, April 4
              Eduard Bauernfeld, "Das System ohne Seele"
              Friedrich von Gentz-Fuerst Metternich, "Briefwechsel"
              Franz Grillparzer, "Zensurwesen in Wien", aus Schreiber,
                Oesterreich aus erster Hand

   Week 10: Das Sturmjahr 1848
            Tuesday, April 11
              "Die Revolution der Jahre 1848/49", Zeitbilder (Geschichte
                und Sozialkunde 7), S. 32-36
              "Kriegsbulletin von Radetzky an den Kaiser", aus Otto
                Frass, Quellenbuch zur oesterreichischen Geschichte, S.
                190-192
              Franz Grillparzer, "Feldmarschall Radetzky"
              Radetzky Lieder; Tonaufnahme von Johann Strauss:  Radetz-
                kymarsch

   Week 11: Die Zeit des Neoabsolutismus
            Tuesday, April 18
              Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, "Er laesst die Hand kuessen"
                (Novelle)

   Week 12: Scheinkonstitutionalismus
            Tuesday, April 25
              Otto Frass, Quellenbuch zur oesterreichischen Geschichte,
                S. 214-215 (Silvesterpatent); 230-232 (Oktoberdiplom);
                233-234 (Februarpatent)
              "Oesterreich auf dem Weg zum Verfassungstaat", Zeitbilder
                (Geschichte und Sozialkunde 7), S. 52-54

   Week 13: Der alte Kaiser
            Tuesday, May 2
              Video-Auszuege ueber Kaiser Franz Joseph aus "Die Habsbur-
                ger"

   Week 14: Der Untergang der Monarchie
            Tuesday, May 9
             Anton Wildgans, Rede ueber Oesterreich
             "Oberst Redl", Film von Istvan Szabo
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