The Medieval World

TR 9:30-11, 4-257

Investigates the dynamic history of Europe and the wider world between the late Roman empire and voyages of discovery. Examines the rise of Christianity, the cult of the saints, and monasticism; the decline of the Roman empire, the barbarian invasions, and the foundation of post-Roman kingdoms; the meteoric rise of Islam; the formation of the Carolingian, Byzantine, and Islamic empires; the Vikings and Mongols; castles, knights, and crusades; religious thinkers, reformers, and heretics; changes in art, architecture, and literature; the Black Death and the fall of Constantinople; the Italian Renaissance and the voyages of discovery.

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Offered Fall 2025

Catalog Subject Faculty Level HASS Category
21H.130

The Ancient World: Greece

Lecture: MW 11-12, 3-133
Recitation 1: F 11-12, 66-154
Recitation 2: F 12-1, 66-154
Eric Driscoll

Introductory HASS-H CI-H
21H.239

The City of Rome in the Age of the Caesars

TR 3:30-5, E51-385
William Broadhead Intermediate HASS-H
21H.240

The World of Charlemagne

TR 1-2:30, E51-385
Eric J. Goldberg Intermediate HASS-H CI-H

Not Offered This Term