Friday, August 24: Introduction (terminology, purpose, and methods)

Read: How to Read a Primary Source

Monday, August 27: The Roman Empire, the crisis of the third century and the Tetrarchy

Read: Rosenwein 19-39; Andrea 20-34 and 34-38; see also the on-line map and the on-line interactive map

Wednesday, August 29: Barbarians and successor states

Read: Rosenwein 39-49; Andrea 41-47, 60-68, and 68-71; see the on-line interactive map

Monday, September 3:  Labor Day (no classes)

Wednesday, September 5: Early Byzantium

Read: Rosenwein 49-54, 59-66, 95-102, and 131-138; Andrea 75-81 and 83-86

Monday, September 10: The rise of Islam

Read: Rosenwein 66-75, 102-110, and 138-142; Andrea 87-92 and 93-94; see also a relief map of the Arabian Peninsula, together with a map of the current political configuration in the region

Wednesday, September 12: From Merovingian to Carolingian Francia

Read: Rosenwein 75-81, 111-130, and 143-146; Andrea 48-54, 135-141, and 154-158; see also the on-line map

Monday, September 17: Anglo-Saxon England

Read: Rosenwein 81-87  and 152-156; Andrea 177-180; see also the online map of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, as well as a map of Danelaw

Wednesday, September 19: The Ottonian Empire

Read: Rosenwein 156-160; Andrea 180-185, see a map of the Ottonian Empire and images of Otto II and Otto III

Monday, September 24: Medieval agriculture

Read: Rosenwein 148-149; Andrea 234-236

Wednesday, September 26: Medieval  trade

Read: Rosenwein 151, 171-176  and 255-259; Andrea 252-254

Monday, October 1: Medieval cities

Wednesday, October 3: Feudalism and medieval society

Read: Rosenwein 147-151; Andrea 242-246

Monday, October 8: The medieval Church: sacraments, parish organization, and devotion

Read: Rosenwein 91-92, 177-181, and 239-242; Andrea 216-224 and 312-314

Wednesday, October 10: Medieval papacy and heresies

Monday, October 15: Midterm

Wednesday, October 17: Crusades

Read: Rosenwein 181-184 and 243-245; Andrea 342-348

Monday, October 22: Medieval culture: literature and historiography

Wednesay, October 24: The twelfth-century Renaissance

Monday, October 29: Medieval art: architecture, sculpture, painting, and music

Read: Rosenwein 190-206 and 223-238 ; Andrea 289-294; see also images of St. Philibert in Tournus (with plan; Burgundy, France), St. Sernin in Toulouse (with plan; Provence, France), St. Etienne in Caen (Normandy, France), the Pisa cathedral (Italy), the Laon cathedral (with plan; France), the Chartres cathedral (France), the Bourges cathedral (France), and the Amiens cathedral (France)

Wednesday, October 31: The rise of the secular states: France

Read: Rosenwein 188-190, 217-218, and 264-265; Andrea 305-310

Monday, November 5: The rise of the secular states: England

Read: Rosenwein 185-186, 212-216, and 263-264; Andrea 329-334

Wednesday, November 7: The rise of the secular state: Spain

Read: Rosenwein 186-188, 207-209, and 262; Andrea 257-259

Monday, November 12: Veterans Day (no classes)

Wednesday, November 14: The failure of the secular state: medieval Germany

Read: Rosenwein 218-222 and 262-263; Andrea 334-336

Monday, November 19: Storm from the East: the Mongol invasion

Read: Rosenwein 251-255; Andrea 364-370

Wednesday, November 21: Another storm from the East: the Black Death

Read: Rosenwein 279-286; Andrea 380-385

Monday, November 26: The late medieval Church

Read: Rosenwein 265-268  and 304-307; Andrea 428-431

Wednesday, November 28: Late medieval culture: literature and visual arts

Read: Rosenwein 268-278; Andrea 460-463

Monday, December 3: The Hundred Years War

Read: Rosenwein 292-304; Andrea 434-440

Wednesday, December 5: New horizons: Humanism and great discoveries

Read: Rosenwein 314-322; Andrea 454-460 and 467-473

 Thursday, December 13, 8:00-10:00 p.m.: Final exam

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