History 100 - Western Thought to 1600
Spring
2018
01
4.00
Daniel Gordon
TU TH 10:00AM 10:50AM
UMass Amherst
52439
This course covers the origins of Western Civilization in the Mediterranean world and its development in Europe to the Protestant Reformation. It explores the achievements and disasters of the ancient world: democracy, republicanism, art, architecture, philosophy, literature, war, slavery, and despotism. It also explores Europe after the fall of the Roman Republic: Christianity, feudalism, plague, exploration, conquest, renaissance, and reformation. (Gen.Ed. HS)
Readings include mostly primary sources: letters, histories, biographies, laws, speeches, travelogues, treatises, plays, and poems.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.