CATALOG 1952-1953


 HY. 425.-The French Revolution. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite: 12
hours of social sciences including HY. 201-202. Offered 1.
 The causes, course and results of the French Revolution; the influence of personal
leaders, political groups and social and economic forces; the interpretation of the Revo-
lution which initiated modern times.
 HY. 426.-The Napoleonic Era. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite: 12 hours
of social sciences including HY. 201-202. Offered 2.
 The rise, triumph, fall and significance of Napoleon; the social, economic, religious,
cultural and scientific developments; the world implications of the era and the in-
fluence of the Napoleonic legend.
 HY. 427.-Spain and Portugal to 1810. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite:
12 hours of social science including HY. 201-202 OR a major in Spanish.
Offered 1.
 The ancient Iberians; Roman Hispania; the Moslem period; independence of
Portugal and consolidation of Spain; empire-building; predominance and decline; the
enlightened despots; the Napoleonic invasions.
 HY. 428.-Modern Spain and Portugal. 2 hours. 22 credits. Prerequisite:
12 hours of social science including HY. 201-202 OR a major in Spanish.
Offered 2.
 The loss of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in America; independence from
France; political discord; the Liberal movement; the establishment of the Portuguese
and Spanish Republics; separatist movements in Spain; the Civil War; Spain and
Portugal today.
 HY. 430.-History of Modern France. 3 hours. 3 credits- Prerequisite:
12 hours of social sciences including HY. 201-202 OR a major in French. Of-
fered 2.
 The historical development of the French people and their political, social, eco-
nomic and religious institutions and the contributions of French leadership, ideas and
culture since the Middle Ages.
 HY. 433.-The History of Russia. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 12
hours of social science including HY. 201-202. Offered 1.
 Description and analysis of the fundamental institutions of the Russian state and
people from the time of the Kievan state to the Crimean War. Stress is laid on the
development of serfdom, the rise of the Tsardom, the expansion of the Russian frontiers
and the creation and preservation of a medieval class structure.
 HY. 434.-Modern Russia and the U. S. S. R. 3 hours. 3 credits. Pre-
requisite: 12 hours of social science including HY. 201-202. Offered 2, 3.
 Description and analysis of the breakdown of the medieval Russian state and the
collapse of the Russian Empire. Stress is laid on the conflict between reaction and
revolution; the state and the peasant; the expansion of the Russian frontiers; the
emergence and structure of the Soviet State and the Comintern.
 HY. 437.-The Constitutional History of England to 1689. 3 hours. 3
credits. Prerequisite: 12 hours of social science including HY. 335-336 OR a
major in English. Not offered 1952-53.
 The governmental institutions of the Anglo-Saxons; the modifications and innova-
tions of the Normans; the Common law, courts and jury; the Constitution under Henry
II; the Great Charter; the development and supremacy of Parliament.


The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.