HIST071 CM - The Making of Medieval Europe: 800-1300 CE

This course offers a broadly based inquiry into the late-classical, Germanic, Judeo-Christian and Islamic cultures that constituted Europe and the Mediterranean from the Carolingian Empire which emerged after the fall of the Roman Empire to the height of medieval Christendom in the 14th century. Designed to provide students with an overview of the history of Europe and the Mediterranean from ca. 800-1300, the course will explore such topics as the consolidation of “barbarian kingdoms” after the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of the Church as a governing institution; the rise and importance of monasticism; medieval notions of sexuality, ethnicity, and identity; the transformation of the feudal state into commercial economies; Byzantine, Islamic and western Christian scholarship; kingship knighthood and the Crusades.

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST071 CM