21H.411 History of Western Thought, 500-1300, Spring 2003

McCants, Anne E. C. (Anne Elizabeth Conger), 1962-

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McCants, Anne E. C. (Anne Elizabeth Conger), 1962-

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History of Western Thought, 500-1300

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Abstract

Examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Basic premise is that the triumph of Christianity in Europe was not the inevitable outcome it appears from hindsight. Attention is therefore focused not only on the development of Christian thought and practice, but on its challengers as well. Particular emphasis devoted to Nordic paganism, the rise of Islam, Byzantine orthodoxy, indigenous heretical movements, and the ambiguous position of Jews in European society.

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2003-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35843

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section

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21H.411-Spring2003

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Keywords

western intellectual tradition, Roman Empire, High Middle Ages, Christian, paganism, Islam, Byzantine orthodoxy, heretical movements, Jews

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