Readings

Sites of interest:

Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Syd Allan's Beowulf Site

LEC # TOPICS READINGS
1 Class Introduction: Rome, the Mediterranean, and the Meaning of Europe
2-3 The Shape of Late Antiquity and the Barbarian Invasions Rosenwein, Barbara. A Short History of the Middle Ages (SHMA). Broadview Press, 2001, Chapter 1.

Sources on the Germans. Andrea, Alfred. The Medieval Record (TMR). Houghton Mifflin, 1997, pp. 41-53.
4-5 The Emergence of New Cultures, 600-750 A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 2.

Sources on Theodoric, Clovis, Anglo-Saxon England and the Rise of Islam. The Medieval Record. pp. 54-68, 87-94, and 122-27.
7 The Split between East and West: (at least) Two Empires? Sources on Byzantium and Early Monasticism. The Medieval Record. pp. 73-80, and 99-118.
8-9 The Papal-Frankish Alliance and other New Powers A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 3.

Sources on the Carolingian Renaissance and the Contemporaries of Charlemagne. The Medieval Record. pp. 83-86, 95-98, and 136-52.
10-11 Charlemagne's Heirs and other Disasters Sources. The Medieval Record. pp. 153-162.

A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 4.
13 More Invasions and the (Feudal) Search for Peace Sources on Viking Invasions (provided by Professor).
The Medieval Record. pp. 165-176.
14 Anglo-Saxon England and Ottonian Germany The Medieval Record. pp. 176-185.
15 Mid-term Written Evaluation
16-17 Feudal Governments at Work A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 5.

Sources on the Investiture Controversy and the Early Crusades. The Medieval Record. pp. 311-325, and 340-360

Moore, R. I. "The 11th Century in Eurasian History." The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Vol 33, no. 1 (2003).
[Professor will also provide selections from William, Ann and G.H. Martin, editors. Domesday Book. Penguin, 2003.]
18-19 Feudal Society at Work Sources on the New Economy. The Medieval Record. pp. 234-38, and 246-59.

sources on the New Learning. The Medieval Record. pp. 260-266, and 272-75.
21 The Solidification of Institutions of Government

A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapter 6.

22-23 The Power and Splendor of Monarchs Sources on Henry II and St. Louis. The Medieval Record. pp. 297-310, and 329-34.

Sources on 13th century Culture. The Medieval Record. pp. 280-282, and 289-94.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Jewish Problem.
24 The Structure and Place of the Gothic Cathedral Mark, Robert.  Light, Wind and Structure: The Mystery of the Master Builders. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994, Chapter 4.
26-27 The End of the Synthesis: Plague, War and Schism A Short History of the Middle Ages. Chapters 7 and 8.

Sources on Plague and 100 Years War. The Medieval Record. pp. 385-388, and 397-405.
28-29 One Historian's take on all that Tuchman, Barbara. A Distant Mirror. Ballantine Books, 1987.