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Disintegration of the Roman Empire |
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Augustine. The City of God, esp. parts I, III, and V. |
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Discussion questions (PDF) |
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Regularization of Monastic Life |
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Rule of St. Benedict. Chaps. 1-7, 19-33, 39-40, and 48-51.
Saint Gregory the Great. Dialogues.
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Conversion of the Franks |
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Gregory of Tours. The History of the Franks. |
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Conversion of England and the North |
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Bede. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Correspondence of St. Boniface.
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5 |
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Persistence of Nordic Paganism |
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Beowulf. |
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The Carolingian Court |
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Charlemagne's Courtier: The Complete Einhard. Introduction - Life of Charlemagne, Books 1 and 2 - The Miracles of Marcellius and Peter. |
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Preliminary bibliographies
due for final project. |
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Conflict with Byzantium |
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Liutprand of Cremona. "Report of his Mission to Constantinople." |
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Crusading: or the Making of the Saint |
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Joinville. The Life of St. Louis. |
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Female Saints: Music and the Visionary |
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Hildegarde of Bingen. Secrets of God, pp. 8-38 ("Scivias"), 103-118 ("Causes and Curses"), and 119-140 ("Symphonia").
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Literature review due. |
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Love, Logic, and the Politics of the Intellectual Life |
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. |
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The Wider Medieval World |
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Dunn. The Adventures of Ibn Battuta. |
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Last Class--scheduling flexible to accomodate a class dinner. |
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Final paper drafts due. |
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