Celt Anglo-Saxon Viking

Catalog description

This course explores these three late prehistoric and protohistoric cultures in Europe, and their impact on the course of European development. Topics of study will include political and economic organization, such as the rise of chiefdoms and states and their political economies, technology, trade and cultural contact, plus social structure and ideology, aesthetic expression, and religious beliefs. We will also examine current myths and stereotypes about these cultures, and their role in modern national and ethnic identity construction. This course is dual-listed with APY 611.