History of Western Thought, 500-1300

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction (or possibly a rant): What the Middle Ages are not
2	Disintegration of the Roman Empire
3	Regularization of Monastic life
4	Conversion of the Franks
5	Conversion of England and the North
6	Persistence of Nordic Paganism
7	The Carolingian Court	Preliminary bibliographies due for final project
8	Conflict with Byzantium
9	Crusading: or the Making of a Saint
10	Female Saints: Music and the Visionary	Literature review due (5 pages)
11	Love, Logic, and the Politics of the Intellectual Life
12	The Wider Medieval World
13	Last Class Opportunity for Presentation of Student Papers	Final paper drafts due 3 days after session 13