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3.00 Credits
History 309 traces the development of the Muslim religion and its effects on the politics society of the Middle East between 600-1250 CE. It begins with the Late Roman context of Mohammed's mission and ends with the Mongol conquest of Baghdad. It provides an introduction to Medieval Islamic culture and society.
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the history of ancient Israel from the mid-2nd millennium BC up through the major Jewish revolts against Rome in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. During the course of the semester, students will learn how modern historians assess the Bible as a historical resource, and will consult other sources from the ancient world, both textual and archaeological.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the role of religion and its impact on western Europe from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries. Relying mainly on primary source materials, topics covered in the course include: Christianization of the Roman world, asceticism, monasticism, missionaries, Church and State struggles, the Crusades, heresy, the mendicant orders, and lay piety. We will also examine our theme through pivotal medieval figures such as Hildegard of Bingen, Abelard and Heloise, Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the origins and development of the Crusading movement; the role of warfare and violent action in Medieval Christian and Medieval Islamic ideas of piety; the impact of the eastern Crusades on the cultural and political development of western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Near East; military history of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
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3.00 Credits
Law rules our lives, but there are few opportunities to study law as an undergraduate. This course will consider the major systems of law in European history--Roman law, feudal law, canon law, civil law, English common law--and will also pay attention to the changing understanding of natural law, the process of codification and the imposition of the Napoleonic Code on Europe, and the use of international law in the twentieth century. Law will be studied primarily through the lens of intellectual history, focusing on concepts, definitions, and principles, but the social and political implications of law will also be periodically addressed. Readings will include both excerpts from the great legal texts of the European past and scholarly overviews of legal history.
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3.00 Credits
Charlemagne¿s coronation as emperor in 800 marked the restoration of unity in much of Europe for the first time since the fall of Rome. This course will explore the history of Charlemagne and his dynasty, the Carolingians, and their impact on European society. The Carolingian era saw the origin of the economic might which would power Europe into the modern world, the cultural flourishing which determined our knowledge of the Latin classical heritage, transformations in family structure and the idea of marriage, and the construction of political forms which persisted to the nineteenth century. The course will consider how the Carolingians rebuilt European society out of the ruins of Rome, and will argue that the ways in which they did this helped shape the later history of the Middle Ages and indeed, Europe.
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3.00 Credits
Continues from Part I: Hist 306. Concentrates on the Roman Empire and its breakup into successor states after the fifth century. Includes discussion of neighboring regions north of the Danube and east of the Euphrates. 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 history of medieval Italy from the period of the barbarian invasions of the fifth century to the mid-Trecento. It is an age well known for the glittering Byzantine mosaics at Ravenna, the brilliant Norman court at Palermo, the gentle spirituality of Saint Francis, and the vernacular poetry of Dante, each topics considered in this course through primary sources in translation. Other topics include Guelf/Ghibelline politics, the commune and the contado, long-distance trade and commerce, artistic patronage and heritage, the family, education, religious life and popular devotion.
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3.00 Credits
Romans, Britons, and Barbarians in the British Isles from Claudius (c. 40 A.D.) to Harold (Battle of Hastings, 1066 A.D.). Original documents, archaeological and art-historical evidence will be used in this exploration of early English society and culture.
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