Mar 29, 2024  
Fitchburg State University 2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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HIST 2530 - The European Middle Ages


3 cr. 3 hrs. Day course offered every other year.

This course examines European history from the collapse of the Roman Empire to about 1500. It investigates the Christianization of the Roman world, the crisis and disintegration of the Roman West, the new syntheses of the Byzantines, early Muslim empires, and the Franks in the Carolingian era, social, economic, and religious developments following the demise of the Carolingians, the resurgence of Europe and the Crusades, the rise and fall of the papal monarchy, medieval kingship, and the end of the medieval era. This course explores primary sources, secondary sources, and material culture to assess the significance of the medieval era to European history and the human experience. CTW, GDL, HIST

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