Week 1 (August 22-23): Introduction
- Introduction. England or Britain? [Clanchy 1-22]
Week 2 (August 26-30): Roman and post-Roman Britain
- Britain in Late Antiquity
- The ruin of Britain (5th and early 6th century)[Yorke 1-24; Amt 3-7]
Week 3 (September 2-6): Post-Roman Britain (continued)
- Monday, 09/02: Labor Day (no classes)
- Elites and kingdoms: East Angles and Northumbria (6th to 9th century)[Yorke 58-99; Amt 8-10 and 14-22]
- Pagan vs. Christian kingdoms: Mercia and the West Saxons (6th to 9th century)[Yorke 100-156; Amt 11-13]
Week 4 (September 9-13): Vikings, old and new
- Kings, Church, and Vikings (9th century) [Yorke 157-178]
- Towns, Church, and (new) Vikings (the 10th and 11th centuries) [Amt 29-48, 53-56]
- The Norman conquest [Clanchy 23-46; Amt 85–103]
Week 5 (September 16-20): Norman structures
- Norman government [Clanchy 47-64; Amt 107-113, 120-123]
- The Church Reform in England [Clanchy 65-82; Amt 118-120]
- Economy and society in late 11th and early 12th-century England [Clanchy 83-98; Amt 174-176, 187-190]
Week 6 (September 23-27): England in the High Middle Ages
- The house of Anjou [Clanchy 99-124; Amt 103-138, 145-148]
- Legal reform and structures [Clanchy 125-139; Amt 148-159, 164-166]
- The twelfth-century Renaissance [Clanchy 140-154; Amt 199-205]
Week 7 (September 30-October 4): Angevin England
- The Angevin Empire [Clanchy 155-181; Amt 170-174]
- English society in the 12th and 13th centuries [Clanchy 182-197; Amt 159-164]
- King John and the minority of Henry III [Clanchy 198-222; Amt 190-199, 207-227]
Week 8 (October 7-11): The 13th century
- Henry III [Clanchy 223-247]
- Being English in England [Clanchy 248-266; Amt 227-232]
- The Commune of England [Clanchy 267-283; Amt 240-247, 255-257]
Week 9: (October 14-18): The 13th century (continued)
- Midterm
- English society and Church in the 13th century [Clanchy 284-303; Amt 232-240, 257-268]
- Friday, October 18: Homecoming (no classes)
Week 10 (October 21-25): From Edward I to Edward III
- Edward I [Clanchy 304-330; Amt 275-280]
- Edward II [Rubin 17-37; Amt 291-293, 305-306]
- England in the first half of the 14th century [Rubin 37-56; Amt 286-291, 294-297, 299-301, 302-305]
Week 11 (October 28-November 1): The Black Death and its aftermath
- Black Death [Rubin 57-72; Amt 316-324]
- Edward III [Rubin 72-115; Amt 308-315]
- Peasant Revolt and Lollards [Rubin 116-128, 140-154; Amt 325-330, 335-339]
Week 12 (November 4-8): From the Parliament of Shrewsbury to the battle of Shrewsbury
- Richard II [Rubin 128-140, 155-172; Amt 332-335, 339-344]
- Henry IV [Rubin 173-212; Amt 370-371]
- Henry V [Rubin 212-223; Amt 347-352, 355-358]
Week 13 (November 11-15): England in the 15th century
- Monday, November 11: Veteran’s Day (no classes)
- Henry VI’s minority [Rubin 224-237; Amt 436-438]
- Trade, country life, culture, and women in the 15th century [Rubin 237-265; Amt 361-368, 370-371]
Week 14 (November 18-22): Modus et ordo
- Annus horribilis—1450—and its consequences [Rubin 256-274]
- Edward IV [Rubin 275-285; Amt 377-385]
- Church and law [Rubin 285-300]
Week 15 (November 25-29): Thanksgiving Break (no classes)
Week 16 (December 2-4): The end of the Middle Ages
- Landed society and urban life [Rubin 300-312; Amt 385-399].
- Richard III [Rubin 312-318; Amt 399-410]
- The end of the War of the Two Roses [Rubin 318-322; Amt 410-415]
Final exam: December 13, 7:30-9:30 AM