Choose one of the following topics that you will research in the library and present in the form of a single-page paper due in class Friday, Jan. 23rd. Bring 27 copies to distribute that day. The paper should summarize the main names, terms, dates, sources, or other memorable facts of your topic. Be sure it includes a bibliographic note (standard form of citation, see Chicago Manual of Style) of at least one good print and one online source.
The Book of Common Prayer and the Anglican Church. Lucinda
The Bible in English Prior to 1620.
Reformation Theology and the English Church. Joshua
English Puritans in the Time of Milton’s Youth.
Spenser and Romance. James
Cavalier Poets. Beth
Metaphysical Poets. Eric
Donne’s Sermons and the Sermon Generally.
Cambridge Education and Society in the Early 17th Century. Justin
The Tudor and Stuart Court. Amanda
The Epic as Milton Knew It.
Renaissance Humanism Especially in Italy. Maddie
Painting and Portraiture in Milton's Time. Carla
Social Structures from Peerage to Peasantry. Brandi
Economics, Travel, Trade, and Commerce.
London in the Early 17th Century.
Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution. Sasha
Magna Carta and Parliament.
Orthodoxy and Heresy in Church History. Kayla
Donne’s Sonnets. Leighanne
Ovid in the English Renaissance. Scott
Printing and Bookselling in England Prior to Milton.
Elegy and Pastoral Elegy prior to 1650.
Calvinism and the Scottish Church. Jamie
Guy Fawkes and Anti-Catholic Sentiment. William
Jacobean Revenge Tragedy.
Sir Thomas Browne and English Prose Style.
Sir Francis Bacon and the New Science. Katie
The Theatre in London from 1608-1645. Paige
Thomas Hobbes and Political Theory.
The Great Chain of Being. Jane
The Rise of Astronomy. Christopher
The Structure of the Anglican Church in Milton’s Youth.
The Rise of Modern Warfare and the Structure of the English Army.
The Tudor-Stuart Succession. Jody
Medicine and Disease in Milton’s Age. Holly
The Country Home and Landscape Garden, 1600-1650. Stephanie
The Reformation and its Aftermath in England.
English Music in the Early Seventeenth Century. Rosa
The English Navy from the Defeat of the Spanish Armada until Milton’s Death. Cody