Medieval England
Spring 2010
A documentary history of the English people and their place in medieval Europe from the Conquest to the fifteenth century. The course is based on a reading and discussion of key texts from the period, in English translation, which serve to illustrate important developments in the structure and power of kingship and the ruling class, the organization of production in town and countryside, armies, castles, and warfare, law and legal procedure, the politics of the institutional church, and the emerging sense of national identity.
There will be required a term essay on an approved topic related to the work of the course.
There will be required a term essay on an approved topic related to the work of the course.
