Castles, Cathedrals, and Dragons: The European Middle Ages.

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Popular (mis)conceptions of the European Middle Ages are of a period awash in filth, superstition, and violence. While those aspects existed (as they do in all places and times), the course will broaden our understanding of this period to include a fuller range of intellectual, religious, social, cultural, and political changes during the time. These will include the creation of monarchies, constitutionalism, chivalry, and the rise of the Christian church.