September 18, 2007
Lecture 6
The dissolution of the Virginia Company in 1624 led to a rapid change in how the colonies were structured. Grants by James I were made along the east coast which destroyed the political hegemony which the Virginia Company had hoped to establish. Migration to the New World sprang up in Massachusetts, North Carolina and Charlestown. The Virginia colony began to expand as well, due to the popularity of tobacco in Europe. In this lecture, we will examine the explosion of growth by Europeans coming to America, how they got here, and what they found. We will explore the role of religion as America became through its own marketing schemes, a hodgepodge of cultures, religious diversity, and economic disorder, before it eventually became “a melting pot”.
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October 16, 2007
Lecture 7
Within the framework of colonial Virginia lay two contradictory impulses. The assertion of a radical independence and self-organization which will eventually lead to freedom from Britain, and the impulse to enslave both African Americans and Native Americans in tyranny and humiliation. We will examine these impulses as a way to understand how, eventually, democracy was able to triumph over slavery. While this is still an ongoing preoccupation in this country, and this tension still exists, both impulses originated on our soil here in Hampton. We will look at the rise of primitive democratic institutions and their evolution through the 17th century. We will also be examining accounts of the slave trade and its barbaric practices through firsthand narratives. | November 20, 2007
Lecture 8
As is our custom, we will be examining the worship, liturgy and music of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. We will also hear examples of preaching from this period, much of it designed to reinforce the social order it inhabited. We will continue to look at the little we know about the history of our parish during this time. We will also look at the third site of St. John’s, and talk about the usual order of worship on Sundays.
PLEASE NOTE
THERE IS NO DECEMBER LECTURE
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