Early Mediaeval Europe

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from HIST at the 2000 level; HIST 2001 recommended; or permission of the Department This course treats the history of Europe from the disintegration of Roman imperial authority in the fifth century to the collapse of the Carolingian empire in the course of the ninth and early tenth centuries. Themes include: the establishment of Germanic 'successor' kingdoms, development of the papacy, missionary activities to Christianize pagan peoples, and the reigns of Charlemagne and his descendants. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)(Exclusion: HIST 3050; HIST 3141 Celtic and Germanic Europe to the Age of Charlemagne)