HIST 2742

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HIST 2742
Cultures of the Middle Ages

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

Topic: Medieval Frontier Societies It's bad enough to run up against a border: at least you know where you stand. The frontier, however -- that fuzzy, murky zone that envelops the border while making its precise contours invisible -- is far more ambiguous, dangerous ground to tread. People, ideas, and other contraband criss-cross it; men (and sometimes women) make their own law; cultures clash and conspire together. At the margins of Europe -- Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, Poland, Germany, the Low Countries, Spain, Sicily, the Levant -- medieval people discovered what every Trekkie knows: final frontiers, spaces of both oppression and opportunity. This course will explore some of the exchanges, friendly and otherwise, that took place at the edges of the medieval world, seeding many of the most radical developments which shaped the modern world.


Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MEDVL 2130

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17307 HIST 2742   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17310 HIST 2742   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17311 HIST 2742   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17312 HIST 2742   DIS 203

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17313 HIST 2742   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person