SCHEDULE
OF LECTURES AND
WK I ROMANS, CHRISTIANS AND GERMANS
M 1/7 Introduction
T 1/8 Politics, Law and Society in
Ancient Rome
Text, Ch 6, pp. 201-221
Ch 7, pp. 222-227
W 1/9 Barbarians at the Gates: Germanic society,
law, and politics
Text, Ch 7, pp. 239-242
Th 1/10 Rise of Christianity
and the Conversion of Constantine
Text, Ch 7, pp. 227-239
F 1/11 SECTION READING: Tacitus,
Germania, in Geary, p. 69-82
WK II CHRISTIANITY AND THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
M 1/14 City of God & City
of Man: Augustine on Sack of Rome, 410 AD
Text, Ch 7, pp. 242-250
T 1/15 Justinian and the Roman Empire in the East
Text, Ch 7, pp. 250-55
Start:
St. Benedict & Pope Gregory the Great, in Geary, 168-220
W 1/16 Germanic Successor States, Monasticism and
Conversion
Text, Ch 8, pp. 283-288
Th 1/17 Rise of the Carolingians: Franks from Clovis
to Charlemagne
Text, Ch 8, 288-298
F 1/18 SECTION: Monasticism: St.
Benedict’s Rule, Geary, 168-198
Benedict’s
Life, Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great, Geary 199-220
Bede, History of English Church & People, in Geary, p. 224-226
WK III THE CHRISTIAN WEST AND ITS BORDERS
M 1/21 HOLIDAY: MARTIN
LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY
T 1/22
Byzantium and Islam: Borders and Boundaries
Text, Ch 8, pp. 261-283
W 1/23 Carolingian Empire to the Viking Invasions:
Einhard's
Life of Charlemagne in Geary, p. 282-296
Th 1/24 Europe at the Millenium: Feudalism
and Manorialism
Text, Ch 9, pp. 301-312
F 1/25 SECTION: Einhard's
Life of Charlemagne in Geary, p. 282-296 and
Selected Carolingian Capitularies, in Geary, pp. 297-320,
** MONDAY JANUARY ** FIRST PAPER DUE IN CLASS (GIVE TO YOUR TA) **
WK IV FEUDAL MONARCHY AND FIRST CRUSADE
M 1/28 Norman Conquest
of England and the Feudal Transformation
Text, Ch 9 327-333
T 1/29 Angevin Empire: Eleanor of Aquitaine,
Chivalry and Courtly Love
Text, Ch 9 pp. 323-326, 333-36
W 1/30 England: Anglo-Norman Monarchy: King, Barons
and Parliament
Magna Carta, in Geary pp.776-793
Th 1/31 The First Crusade, the Jews and the Crusader
Kingdoms:
Text, Ch 9, pp. 312-323
F 2/1 SECTION: Four Accounts
of the Crusades, in Geary, pp. 407-442
WK V 11-12 th C. CHURCH, STATE AND SOCIETY
M 2/4 Gregorian Reform & Investiture Controversy:
Text, Ch 9, 336-342, Ch 10, 345-357
Letters of Pope Gregory VII & Emperor Henry IV, Geary, pp. 608-635
T 2/5 France: Capetian Monarchy to St. Louis
IX
Joinville, Life of St. Louis, in Geary pp. 686-693
W 2/6 Renaissance of the 12th C: Humanism,
Scholasticism & Universities
Text, Chap. 10, pp. 357-363
Th 2/7 Rise of Towns: Commerce, Communes
MIDTERM REVIEW
F 2/8 SECTION: Letters of Abelard
& Heloise, pp to be announced
WK VI 13th CENTURY RELIGION AND CULTURE
M 2/11 ** MIDTERM EXAM in regular classroom BRING BLUEBOOKS **
T 2/12 13th
C Heresy and Orthodoxy: Mendicant Orders, Inquisition
Text, Chap. 10, pp. 363-380
W 2/13 Frederick II: Hohenstaufe Emperor
versus Papacy and City States
Th 2/14
F 2/15 SECTIONS: Diary of
Gregorio Dati, in Geary, pp. 836-851
WK VII 14th - 15th CENTURY CRISES
M 2/18 HOLIDAY: PRESIDENTS’ DAY
T 2/19 Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Plague, Revolution
Froissart's Chronicles, in Geary pp. 716-741
Text, Ch 11, pp. 383-394
W 2/20 Avignon Papacy, Great Schism, Conciliarism
Text, Ch 11, pp. 394-400
Th 2/21 15th Century Politics: Italy, France, Spain,
Ottoman Turks
Text, Ch 11, pp. 400-407, 410-420, Ch 12, 432-438
F 2/22 SECTION: Thomas More, Utopia,
Bk I, "Dialogue on counsel"--
"Is there a place for philosophers in the councils
of the King?"
WK VIII RENAISSANCE IN
M 2/25 From Medieval to Renaissance: Humanism
& Art SLIDES
Text, Ch 13, pp. 454-473
T 2/26 Europe Discovers
the World: Columbus, Spain & Christianity
Text, Ch 12, 438-450
W/ 2/27 Italian City States as setting for the
Renaissance
Machiavelli, The Prince
Th 2/28 15th C. Italy: Medici Florence
and the Republic of 1494
F 2/29 SECTION: Machiavelli,
The Prince: What is the goal of politics?
How can a "new prince" secure control of a state?
WK IX PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS WARFARE
M 3/3 Luther's
Theology and German Politics
Text Ch 13, pp. 476- 479; Ch 14, pp. 487-502
T 3/4 The English Reformation and the Career of
Thomas More
Finish Thomas More, Utopia
W 3/5 Zwingli, Calvinism and the Anabaptists
Text, Ch 14, pp. 502-510
Th 3/6 Counter Reformation, Religious Warfare
and Reform of Popular Culture
Text, Ch 14, pp. 510-517
F 3/7 SECTION: Thomas More,
Utopia Bk II Organizing principles of Utopian society
WK X 17th CENTURY
M 3/10 Thirty Years War: the Decline of
Religious Warfare
Text, Ch 15, pp. 518-529
T 3/11 English Civil War, 1640-60:
Parliament and Puritanism
Text, Ch 15, pp. 530-542
W 3/12 The Scientific Revolution, from Copernicus
to Newton
Text, Ch 18 available on line [information will be available]
Th 3/13 Early Modern Political Theory: Constitutionalism,
Absolutism
and the Medieval Origins of the Modern State
Fri 3/14 SECTIONS: EXAM REVIEW
WK XI ** FINAL EXAM: MARCH 14 MONDAY 8:30-10:20 AM ** in regular classroom
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