(1)  Background:  The Fall of Rome  (Exam 1)

Pax Romana

Long Decline

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(2)  Background:  Birth of Christianity in the Roman World (Exam 2)
 

Religious Background

Source Problem

Origins

Period of Trial

Triumph

Roman Bishop

Birth Stories  (Essay)

Heresy (Essay)

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(3)  The Early Middle Ages:  The Heirs of Rome (Exam 3)
 

The Byzantine Empire

The Rise of Islam

The Triumph of the Franks

After Charlemagne:  The Retreat into Disorder

Questions for the Reading:  Einhard and Notker the Stutterer, Two Lives of Charlemagne

Systems of Historical Dating:  Christian vrs. Islamic

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(4)  Medieval Society 1:  Warriors and Peasants/Feudalism and Manorialism (Exam 4)
 

Aristocratic Lifestyle

Feudalism

Peasants and Manorialism

Medieval Revolution in Agricultural Technology
   
Questions for the Reading:  Lynn White, Jr., Medieval Technology and Social Change

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(5)  Medieval Society 2:  The Men Who Prayed (The Medieval Church) (No Exam)

The Medieval Church:  Organization and Theory

Spread of Christianity

Conflict of Church and State

Questions for the Reading:  Peter Abelard, The Story of Abelard’s Adversities
 

(6)  Medieval Society 3:  The Rise of the Bourgeoisie (Exam 5/The Final)
 

Essay on the Medieval City

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