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| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Class Introduction: Rome, the Mediterranean, and the Meaning of Europe | |
| 2-3 | The Shape of Late Antiquity and the Barbarian Invasions |
Rosenwein, Barbara. A Short History of the Middle Ages (SHMA). Broadview Press, 2001, Chapter 1. Sources on the Germans. Andrea, Alfred. The Medieval Record (TMR). Houghton Mifflin, 1997, pp. 41-53. |
| 4-5 | The Emergence of New Cultures, 600-750 |
A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 2. Sources on Theodoric, Clovis, Anglo-Saxon England and the Rise of Islam. The Medieval Record. pp. 54-68, 87-94, and 122-27. |
| 7 | The Split between East and West: (at least) Two Empires? | Sources on Byzantium and Early Monasticism. The Medieval Record. pp. 73-80, and 99-118. |
| 8-9 | The Papal-Frankish Alliance and other New Powers |
A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 3. Sources on the Carolingian Renaissance and the Contemporaries of Charlemagne. The Medieval Record. pp. 83-86, 95-98, and 136-52. |
| 10-11 | Charlemagne’s Heirs and other Disasters |
Sources. The Medieval Record. pp. 153-162. A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 4. |
| 13 | More Invasions and the (Feudal) Search for Peace |
Sources on Viking Invasions (provided by Professor). The Medieval Record. pp. 165-176. |
| 14 | Anglo-Saxon England and Ottonian Germany | The Medieval Record. pp. 176-185. |
| 15 | Mid-term Written Evaluation | |
| 16-17 | Feudal Governments at Work |
A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 5. Sources on the Investiture Controversy and the Early Crusades. The Medieval Record. pp. 311-325, and 340-360 Moore, R. I. “The 11th Century in Eurasian History.” The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Vol 33, no. 1 (2003). |
| 18-19 | Feudal Society at Work |
Sources on the New Economy. The Medieval Record. pp. 234-38, and 246-59. Sources on the New Learning. The Medieval Record. pp. 260-266, and 272-75. |
| 21 | The Solidification of Institutions of Government | A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 6. |
| 22-23 | The Power and Splendor of Monarchs |
Sources on Henry II and St. Louis. The Medieval Record. pp. 297-310, and 329-34. Sources on 13th century Culture. The Medieval Record. pp. 280-282, and 289-94. St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Jewish Problem. |
| 24 | The Structure and Place of the Gothic Cathedral | Mark, Robert. Light, Wind and Structure: The Mystery of the Master Builders. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994, Chapter 4. |
| 26-27 | The End of the Synthesis: Plague, War and Schism |
A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapters 7 and 8. Sources on Plague and 100 Years War. The Medieval Record. pp. 385-388, and 397-405. |
| 28-29 | One Historian’s take on all that | Tuchman, Barbara. A Distant Mirror. Ballantine Books, 1987. |
