Introduction. How high can the Middle Ages go? [Barber 5-23, 375-398]

• Monday, May 14: Chronological framework: early, high, and late Middle Ages; how to use primary sources [Andrea 1-14]; see also How to Read a Primary Source
• Tuesday, May 15: The (known) world after Y1K; see Ralph Glaber, Miracles of Saint Benoit and  the on-line map

  Agriculture and rural society [Barber 24-56]

• Wednesday, May 16:  Medieval manor: lords and peasants [Andrea 229-238 (Burchard of Worms); Atlas 47-48]; see also a description of the Hecham manor (1086), a collection of texts on manorial management and organization (ca. 1275), tables on population in medieval Europe, and the presentation of the archaeological site at Wharram Percy
• Thursday, May 17: Feast of the Ascension (no classes)
  
• Friday, May 18: Social orders and "feudalism" [Andrea 165-176, 239-246]; see also the introductory essay on feudalism,  the agreement between Count William V of Aquitaine and Hugh IV of Lusignan, and a twelfth-century charter of homage and fealty

The revival of commerce [Barber 57-79]

• Monday, May 21: Markets and fairs ; see also the grant of market to the bishopric of Osnabruck (952); Heimskringla on fairs, a grant of two fairs at Duisburg (1173), and Humbert de Romans on markets and fairs.
• Tuesday, May 22: Long-distance trade and the "commercial revolution" [Atlas 61-62 and 129-132]; see also Innocent III's license to Venice for trade with the Muslims (1198), privileges granted to Hansa merchants at Novgorod (1229), Lübeck and Hamburg treaty (1241), a purchase of shares in a ship (1248), a partnership contract (1248), and an example of purchase on credit (1248)

Urban economy and freedom 

• Wednesday, May 23: Medieval cities, urban economy, and guilds [Andrea 246-258 (rules of the Southampton guild of merchants, John of Viterbo, Jews of Speyer); Atlas 151-154, 156-157, and 255-257];  the law of the fullers and weavers of Winchester (1209), the law revision of the garment cutters' guild of Stendal (1231),  the charter of the shearers of Arras (1236) and  Medieval English Towns
• Thursday, May 24: Urban communities and communes [Andrea 258-259]; see also the suppression of the Etampes commune by Philip II Augustus (1199-1200) , an account of the setting up of self-government in Ipswich (1200), and  Guibert of Nogent on the commune of Laon (1115)

Medieval Christian faith [Barber 155-176]

• Friday, May 25: The power of the Church: conversion to Christianity and the organization of  parish communities; see  three documents on medieval sacraments, Caesarius of Heisterbach on eucharist as a charm (1220-1235),  the cathedral chapter of Chartres and the riot of 1210
• Monday, May 28: Memorial Day (no classes)
• Tuesday, May 29: Popular religion and heresy  [Andrea 209-211, 224-227 (Peter Waldo, David of Augsburg); Atlas 178-180]; see also sermon tales of the Virgin, relics, and devil; Raynaldus on the Cathars, Bernard of Gui's description of the Cathars, the confession of Agnes Francou, and the Cathar Gospel

Monasticism and the reform of the Church [Barber 83-111, 131-154]

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• Wednesay, May 30:  Monasticism and the friars [Andrea 212-215 (Francis's testament); Atlas 167-169]; see also the foundation charter of Cluny (910); William of St. Thierry's description of Clairvaux (1143); and the Cistercian abbey of Beaulieu
• Thursday, May 31: Medieval papacy and Inquisition [Andrea 216-224 (canons of Lateran IV); Atlas 174-175 and 268-269]; see also Innocent III's letters, Bernard of Gui's description of inquisitorial techniques, and Angelo Clareno on inquisitorial torture

Crusades and crusaders [Barber 112-130]

• Friday, June 1: The first three crusades [Andrea 340-360 (Fulk of Chartres, Robert the Monk, Solomon Bar Simson, Usamah bin Munqidh); Atlas 109-119]; see also Fulk of Chartres on the capture of Jerusalem (1099), Odo of Deuil on King Louis VII and the Second Crusade,  Philip K. Hitti on the Assassins, and the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi on Richard the Lionheart's peace with Saladin (1192)
• Monday, June 4: The Fourth Crusade [Holmes 253-263; Andrea 361-364 (Geoffroy de Villehardouin, Nicetas Choniates)]; see also Chronica Regiae Coloniensis on the Children's Crusade
•  Tuesday, June 5: Crusader states [Barber 395-417;  see also William of Tyre on Godfrey of Bouillon as King of Jerusalem, Fulk of Chartres on Latins in the East

• Wednesday, June 6: Midterm
• Thursday, June 7: Christians, Muslims, and Mongols [Andrea 364-375 (Joinville, John of Monte Corvino); Atlas 129-131]; see also Marco Polo on the Tartars

The world of thought and art [Barber 399-444]

•  Friday, June 8 : From cathedral schools to the twelfth-century Renaissance [Andrea 263-266 (Peter Abelard); Atlas 182-183]; see also Guibert of Nogent's Autobiography , Roger Bacon on experimental science, and Heloise's letter to Abelard
• Monday, June 11: Western medieval art

The community of the realm [Barber 247-274]

• Tuesday, June 12: France [Barber 271-304; Andrea 305-310, 389-394, 443-448 (Joinville, Catherine of Sienna about Avignon, Philippe de Commynes on Louis XI); Atlas 36-39, 103-105, and 131-133]; see also Richer on Hugh Capet's election

Centralization and war [Barber 275-304]

• Wednesday, June 13: England [Andrea 329-334, 336-339 (Magna Charta, Edward's Summons to Parliament); Atlas 220-221 and 241-243]
• Thursday, June 14: The Hundred Years War [Andrea 397-406, 434-443 (Froissart, Christine of Pisan on Joan, Johann Nider on Joan); Atlas 1201-204 and 231-234]

On the fringes [Barber 305-352]

•  Friday, June 15: The Iberian kingdoms and Reconquista [Andrea 325-329 (ordinances); Atlas 42-44, 133-135, 224-226, and 240-241]

Monarchs and popes in conflict [Barber 179-205, 229-246]

• Monday, June 18: The Empire [Andrea 312-317 and 334-336; Atlas 29-31, 95-97, 123-125, 212-213, and 214-216]; see also the Golden Bull of Charles IV
• Tuesday, June 19: Italian city-states: ideals and reality [Andrea 449-453]; see also Giovanni Vilanni, Chronicle of Florence

Crisis and expansion

• Wednesday, June 20: Crisis and expansion [Andrea 380-388, 422-426, 454-463; Atlas 244-246, 260-261, 276-277, and 289-291]; see also Petrarch's letter to posterity

Final exam

• Thursday, June 21: revision
  
• Friday, June 22: Final exam

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