HISTORY 3117 - The High Middle Ages

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Bard College

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French Studies, Medieval Studies The rise of towns is one of many changes that transformed Europe after 1000. The HighMiddle Ages is an era of cultural flowering, population growth, and political consolidation, occurring between the two cataclysms of Viking invasions and bubonic plague. Primary sources and monographs help us understand this intriguing and foreign world. Students read modern analyses of medieval inventions, heretics in Southern France, the plague, and women's work. Also examined are medieval texts-anticlerical stories, epic poetry, and political diatribes-that offer a contemporary perspective on values and issues.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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