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Teaching at the Center
European Civilization
Noted for its strength in European history, it is no surprise
that Special Collections can be used to teach a wide variety of
topics crucial to the European Civilization course sequence. Below
are a selection of texts that can be used to teach six key
concepts.
Manuscript Tradition
- Book of Hours, Netherlands, 1480.
MS347
- Magna Carta, France, 14th century. MS
427
- Boccaccio. Genealogia Deorum Gentilium. Italy,
1385-1387. MS100
- Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales. England,
1440-1460. MS564
Reformation
- Erasmus. In Novum Testamentum Annotationes. Basileai,
1542. fBS3540.E6
- Luther, Martin. Biblia. Das Ist: Die Gantze Heilige
Schrifft. Wittenberg, 1545. fBS239.A2
1545
- Luther, Martin. De Servo Arbitrio. Wittenberg, 1526.
BX8069.A2 1531
- Leo X. Bulla Leonis X. Italy, 1519. MS
167
British Empire
- Moll, Herman. Twenty Four New and Accurate Maps of the
Several Parts of Europe. London, 17?? G1317
17--
- Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Courses of the
Wealth of Nations. London, 1776.
HB161.S6
- Terry, Edward. A Voyage to East-India. London, 1655.
DS407.T33
- Selden, John. Of the Dominion, or, Ownership of the
Sea. London, 1652. JX4423.S37
- Scrinia Sacre: Secrets of Empire. London, 1654.
DA370.C13
Perceptions of the New World
- de Fer, Nicolas. Carte de la Mer… Paris, 1712.
ffG3200 svar. E37 (Burke Map 2.144)
Encyclopédie
- Diderot. Encyclopédie. Paris, 1751-65.
fAE25.E53 v.1
- Diderot. Encyclopédie/Planches. Paris, 1762-72.
fAE25.E55 v.2-3
- Furetiere, Antoine. Dictionaire Universel. La Haye,
1690. PC2620.F94 v.1
20th Century Totalitarianism and the Arts
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