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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the political, economic, institutional, social, and cultural history of Rome from its foundation until the end of the Roman Republic (27 B.C.). Focuses on prominent figures and moments of crisis as it examines the forces that brought Rome to the forefront of the Mediterranean world.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A study of the political, economic, institutional, social, and cultural history of the Roman Empire from the first Emperor, Augustus, until the first Christian emperor, Constantine. Focuses on notable figures such as the Julio-Claudian emperors, Nero and Claudius, and on significant periods to help students understand the successes and failures of the Roman Empire.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the weaknesses in the Roman Empire that led to its demise, as well as the circumstances in which the new religions and empires came into existence, through a study of the period from the third to the seventh centuries A.D.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. Survey of the history of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean from Alexander the Great to the death of Cleopatra (336-31 B.C.). Explores the dramatic political, social, economic, and cultural changes that took place during the Hellenistic Age until the conquest by Rome.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topics in medieval history, from the end of classical antiquity to the 11th Century, including Christianity, Islam, the Byzantine Empire, and the barbarians.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topics in medieval history, from the 11th to the 14th century, including the development of medieval institutions, the 12th century Renaissance, and the rise of European universities.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The course will give undergraduates a basic historiographic introduction to the medieval estate as a unit of land use, settlement, and lordship. It will be based on secondary literature, a selection of classical works on the medieval estate, and recent revisions of the major themes and models raised by the classical works.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys the legal system of Europe from the late crisis of the Roman Empire to the late fourteenth century. Explores the premedieval legal heritage of Europe (Roman law, early canon law, customary laws of various peoples), transformations of that heritage in the central Middle Ages (revival of Roman and canon law, custom and legislation, use and abandonment of the ordeal), and the relationship between the resulting legal systems and royal authority. Primary sources are the central component of the course materials.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. History of Christianity from its origins to the twentieth century, with historical and thematic emphases determined by faculty expertise. Cross-listed with RLST 135.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The history of Western Europe from 1400-1527 with special attention to Italy.
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