Focusing on the lived experience of women and men during one of the most dynamic periods in pre-modern Western history, including the transition from feudalism to royal government; the Crusades and interaction among Christian, Muslim and Jewish populations in Europe and the Middle East; monasticism; the conflict between Church and State; popular and high culture and the development of the Romanesque and Gothic visual arts, architecture, and material culture; the growth of cities; mysticism, new religious movements, and popular religion; the crisis of the fourteenth century brought on by famine and plague; popular revolts and the Hundred Years’ War. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): 3 credit units HIST at the 100 level or 30 credit units of University.
Focusing on the lived experience of women and men during one of the most dynamic periods in pre-modern Western history, including the transition from feudalism to royal government; the Crusades and interaction among Christian, Muslim and Jewish populations in Europe and the Middle East; monasticism; the conflict between Church and State; popular and high culture and the development of the Romanesque and Gothic visual arts, architecture, and material culture; the growth of cities; mysticism, new religious movements, and popular religion; the crisis of the fourteenth century brought on by famine and plague; popular revolts and the Hundred Years’ War. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): 3 credit units HIST at the 100 level or 30 credit units of University.
