History and Liteature of France from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

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Learning Community How does a recognizable France and a distinctive French civilization begin to emerge out of the chaos and disorder of Charlemagne's Europe? This course will look at the development of French life from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance and Reformation. In doing so it will introduce students to knights, crusaders and courtly love, to royal ambitions, foreign invasions, and religious turmoil-all as they form part of the story of the development of one of the world's great societies.