HIST 384 - Medieval Europe

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the fall semester

An attempt to re-examine the Dark Ages in European history to show that it was an age of vitality, change, and diversity. Primary and secondary sources are used to explore the political, economic, religious, social and cultural forces that shaped the Middle Ages. Topics of study include feudalism and the search for political order, courtly society, religious life and the work of medieval theologians, popular and aristocratic culture and the waning of the Middle Ages.