Medieval European History

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The course explores the period between c.400 and c.1400 A.D., a period which experienced both great expansion and great tension in Western society. Much of what we see from the medieval sources is a struggle for dominance between strong leaders who built up their power, sometimes in conjunction with and sometimes in opposition against, one another. In their quest for control, the boundaries and traditions that still influence our society today began to take shape.