HIST 224 - Martyrs, Crusades, and the Plague: The Middle Ages

CR: 3
This course challenges the perception of the Middle Ages as the “Dark Ages” by introducing the cultural, political, intellectual, and religious complexity of the period from the fall of the Roman empire to the Black Death. While focusing geographically on Europe, north Africa and the Near East, it also explores the medieval West in the context of sub-Saharan Africa and China. Offered alternate years. V.1