Assignment

First assignment requires students to pick, read, interpret and write about two original documents from one European country of their choice. Assignment # 1: Please read the "General Guidelines" above and follow them when writing your paper. Papers that do not comply with these guidelines will not be accepted! Go to the EuroDocs page on the world wide web: http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page, where you will find facsimiles and reproductions of important historical documents for all the European countries, most of them in English translation. Pick one Western European country that interests you, click on the country's name and go to the country page. Select two documents from your country's modern period (17th - 21st century). Then write a four to five page paper in which you first explain which documents you picked and why. What is the significance of the documents you selected for the political history of the country you are interested in? What type of document are you analyzing, e.g., a constitution, a declaration, a political pamphlet, an important law, a peace treaty, a secret protocol, a caricature etc.? What does each of your two documents say? What are its main points or message? Who is the author of the document? What issue does the document address? What is the historical and political context in which the document was written? What were its political effects? What impact did the document have on the subsequent history of the country? To answer these questions, you might need to do some additional research on the web and/or in the library. Make sure to include the proper in-text citations and a list of references, i.e. all the sources you have been using in writing your assignment!