HIST210

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HIST210

The Northern World in a Darker Age HIST210 FA

Crosslistings: MDST280

Next Offered in 9900 FA

This survey course will introduce the early history and culture of northern Europe until about 1100. The focus will be on the British Isles and Scandinavia from the first appearnace of people, through the subsequent immigration of Celtic and Germanic peoples, until their gradual integration into the broader European culture. Topics of special consideration will include the early archaeological record, Roman Britain, pre-Christian religion and the process of Christianization, the ethos of war in the age of Arthur and Beowulf, the Vikings, and the question of whether this was a "golden age" for women.

MAJOR READINGS

Bede, THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE
ENGLISH PEOPLE

----BEOWULF
----THE AGE OF ALFRED THE GREAT
----THE AGE OF BEDE
S. Sturluson, HEIMSKRINGLA
----THE HELIAND
S. Sturluson, EGIL'S SAGA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three papers and a final examination. Participation in weekly discussion section.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Winston Spencer Churchill, 1941

Reference:

Monk, Lorraine, PHOTOGRAPHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1989

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