Welcome to the course website for the Fall 2025 History of English class at the College of Staten Island, CUNY. Here, you can find the syllabus, assignments, slides, and other course materials.

You are encouraged to bookmark this website and check it regularly for updates. We will not really be using Brightspace for this class, for reasons which we can discuss in class.

The excerpt for the extra credit assignment is here.

For 11/17: The texts for the activity are:

1. From The Examination and Confession of Certaine Wytches (1566)
2. From A Rehearsall Both Straung and True (1579)
3. From The Witches of Huntingdon (1646)
4. From The Discovery of Witches (1647)