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Worlds of Medieval Italy

HIST115A

About the Course:

Explores the rich multicultural worlds of medieval Italy, 1000-1300: the Greek south and Muslim Sicily; Norman military conquest and their extraordinary multi ethnic aristocratic courts; the commercial revolution and the fluid society of the towns; papal monarchy and religious reactions: saints and heretics; the brutal factional wars of the thirteenth century; popular stories and poetry. The course ends with Dante’s Inferno.

Pre-requisites:

History 2B or 4B or upper division standing.

Documents:

View the course’s Canvas page or the instructor’s page for documents: Carol Lansing   

Schedule of Courses

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