History 225 - Making of the Medieval World, 1000–1350

This survey course examines Europe, the Mediterranean world, from the late 10th century to the 14th, considered the height of the medieval world. Students will study the interactions between peoples and societies in the medieval world - from the emergence of new conceptions of sovereignty, popular religion and the Crusades, the university, and Arthurian literature, to the restructuring of society in the calamitous century of the Mortalitas Magnas. Students will engage in discussion about the notions of conquest and reconquest, race, law and justice, medieval love and chivalry, and the intersection of political and religious authority.