The Military History of Normandy
with Profs. David Coles & Steven Isaac
HIST 495-11 & 12
13-28 May 2007
Syllabus
The syllabus for the class is located here, as a Word file, or here as a pdf file. If you have trouble downloading either version, please contact the instructors. Also, remember that the medieval readings are in Greenwood Library's e-reserves, so look there, not here, for the matieral.
Proposed Schedule
(Please understand the tentative nature of this schedule; we are still coordinating when our French colleagues will be available to give us their time, as well as negotiating the best arrangements with bus companies and the like...)
| Dates | Locations | Sites of Interest / Topics du jour |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2007 | Longwood | Assigned readings, films, possible visit to D-Day Memorial |
| Sunday 13 May |
DC airport | The wonderful folk who work the security gates... |
| Monday 14 May |
Paris–Rennes–Fougères | Continued travel / Depaysement |
| Tuesday 15 May |
Fougères–Avranches | Fougères Castle; Musée de la Perce; Scriptorial / Frontiers; the Production of History |
| Wednesday 16 May |
Avranches | Mont St-Michel / Religion and Warfare |
| Thursday 17 May |
Avranches–Carentan–Ste-Mère Eglise–Bayeux | Dead Man’s Corner; Pointe du Hoc; Airborne Museum |
| Friday 18 May |
Bayeux | Omaha Beach; American Cemetery; Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer & Colleville-sur-Mer |
| Saturday 19 May |
Bayeux–Arromanches–Caen | Musée de Tapisserie; Longues-sur-Mer; Arromanches / Living with the Past |
| Sunday 20 May |
Caen | Mémorial de Caen / Commemoration: good or bad thing? |
| Monday 21 May |
Caen–Falaise–Caen | Castle of William the Conqueror; Musée de Aout 44; Center for the Pocket |
| Tuesday 22 May |
Caen | Musée de Normandie; Université de Caen CRAHM labs / What bones can tell us... |
| Wednesday 23 May |
Caen–Quistreham–Le Havre | Atlantic Wall Museum; Harfleur / Problems with static defense |
| Thursday 24 May |
Le Havre–Lillebonne–Rouen | Meeting with survivors; Roman Arena; Joan of Arc sites / Allies: Friend or Foe? |
| Friday 25 May |
Rouen–Les Andelys–Paris | Chateau–Gaillard (built by Richard the Lionheart) |
| Saturday 26 May |
Paris | Yours to Explore |
| Sunday 27 May |
Paris | National Naval Museum |
| Monday 28 May |
Paris-DC-Farmville |