Europe in the Middle Ages

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This course will explore the economic, social, and cultural history of Europe from the fifth through the fifteenth centuries. Major topics will include the transformation of the Roman Empire into Christendom; the development of the church with the rise of the papacy and monastic reform; Germanic migrations; consolidation of the medieval monarchy; the Commercial Revolution; scholasticism and the universities; pilgrimage and the cult of the saints; the crusades, heretical movements, and the medieval family.