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HIST 3133 - Medieval Europe


Credits: 3
This course challenges students to deal with the emergence and development of Europe as a civilization from the 5th to the 14th centuries A. D. We will thus deal with the decline of Rome as a world empire, while examining the rise of Christianity and Islam as major world religions. By studying both primary and secondary texts, students will examine the rise of monasticism and the Gothic Cathedral, the beginnings of capitalism and the university, the course of the Crusades. Finally, students will read from among the earliest of European Literary historical texts including Beowulf, Einhard, Dante and Chaucer.

Offering: As Needed