Medieval England

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The formation of modern England and the United States depend upon an identity whose origin is arguably found in the development of an England in the middle ages. How did this identity come to be, and what were the social, political, and cultural processes that turned the last Roman colony into one of the major medieval powers?The course will delve into formation of the English state, conflicts of identity in the British Isles, themes of invasion and church-state relations, the demographic challenges of the fourteenth century resulting from famine and plague.