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3.00 Credits
Examines the motives and conduct of Spanish, Portuguese, and English explorers, as well as key conquests in the New World and Asia during the sixteenth century. Key figures include Columbus, de Gama, Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, and Alfonso De Albuquerque.
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3.00 Credits
Despite the modern belief in the universal efficacy of democracy, a strong case could be made that0looking at the world over the entire course of recorded history-a much more "natural" form of government is monarchy. This course will examine the phenomenon of Western medieval monarchy and, specifically, the construction of kingship in that tradition, focusing not only on medieval ideas about kings, but also on practical aspects of rulership in the premodern age. In additional to background discussions of the anthropology of kingship, and of Roman, Biblical, and Germanic ideas about kings, the main topics of discussions will include: kings and conversion, Carolingian kingship, kings as patrons of the arts and learning, feudal monarchy, sacral kingship, kings as lawgivers and dispensers of justice, kings as conquerors, kings as defenders of the church, household and state government, and medieval queenship. Format: Lecture and discussion. Evaluation: midterm, final and two analytical papers.
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3.00 Credits
The twelfth century in Western Europe saw the birth of Gothic architecture, the strengthening of feudal monarchies and the spread of new forms of Benedictine monasticism, among many other changes. This course will explore developments in Western European politics, economics, art, literature, and religion during the twlfth century. We will consider such issues as the growth of towns, the transformation of financial and judicial administration, and the expansion of papal power. Readings will emphasize primary sources in translation, including chivalric romance, peasant complaints about lordly violence, and a history of the murder of a count. The course will offer students a view into the creativity and ferment of this pivotal period of medieval history.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the ancient Mediterranean world from the eighth through first centuries B.C. Discusses the history of Greece, Rome, Carthage, and neighboring regions, including Persia, Israel, Egypt, and the Celtic lands. Analyzes the spread of Greek culture and the growth of the Roman Empire in a Mediterranean context. Focuses on economic, social, and political themes. Readings consist of primary and secondary sources, with emphasis on critical interpretation.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the experience of women in Western Europe during the later Middle Ages (ca. 1100-1500) and the contributions that women made to that culture. At the same time, the course examines how medieval gender systems were historically constructed and the implications of that construction for society and the sexes. The discussion component of the course introduces a broad range of primary sources available in translation along with methods of historical analysis and interpretation. Topics include: women and the law; work; marriage and family; religious life and experience; heresy and crime; scientific and medical discourses about women; literary and cultural production.
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3.00 Credits
Compares colonial structures of England, Portugal, France, and Spain, with particular emphasis on the relations of colonial societies to indigenous cultures and the impact of colonies on the development of the mother country.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the transformation of the Eastern Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire and the influence of the Empire on the development of Medieval Balkan and Eastern European society. Begins with the final split with the beleaguered Western Roman Empire in 395 and ends with the fall of Constantinople to the Crusades in 1204.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the visual culture of Byzantine Empire from the founding of Constantinople in A.D. 330 to the 15th century. The class will use the resources of Dumbarton Oaks Museum, which holds one of the most important collections of Early Christian and Byzantine art in North America. We will experience first hand the objects in the collection, including mosaics, metalwork, ivories, textiles, icon paintings, and illuminated manuscripts from a variety of contexts, secular and ecclesiastical, private and public. Through a number of case studies we will think and talk about forms of visual expression in Byzantium and their use in the shaping and reproduction of main cultural and social structures.
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