Week 11 (March 20-24)

Diminishing security, 1143-1204

•  Tuesday: The fall of the Comneni and the fall of the Empire [Treadgold 638-666; Geanakoplos 24-25 (no. 7), 54 (no. 31), 92-93 (no. 65), 280 (no. 204 - the great fair at Thessalonica), 363-365 (nos. 272-273), 365-367 (nos. 274-275), 368-372 (nos. 276-280 - Geoffroy de Villehardouin on the Fourth Crusade)]
• Thursday: Twelfth-century Byzantine society and the problem of "Byzantine feudalism" [Treadgold 667-706; Geanakoplos 69-70 (no. 46); Glory 5-19]