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Academic Year 2000/2001

Medieval Europe
HIST 201 FA

This introductory lecture course is the first of three that cover the history of Europe from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period (see HIST 202 and HIST 203). This course is a history of European politics, culture, and institutions from roughly 1000 through 1500. Within a chronological framework, the focus will be on the development and expansion of nations and government, the growth of papal-dominated Christianity by conquest and crusade, the rise of the knight and chivalry, the revival of urb an life, the crisis of the 14th century, the effects of the Black Death, the development of mysticism and heresy as forms of personal and social expression, and the beginnings of the Renaissance and the Reformation.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Shaw,David Gary   

Instructor's Course Page

Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM;     Location: PAC125

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 50)

SR. major: 3   Jr. major: 3

SR. non-major: 2   Jr. non-major: 2   SO: 15   FR: 25

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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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