{"id":202,"date":"2019-10-21T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:10:21","slug":"euh-3122-weekly-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/euh-3122-weekly-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"EUH 3122 &#8211; Weekly Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EUH 3122 \u2013 Weekly Topics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1 (August 20-21): Introduction. How high can the Middle Ages go? [<em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em> 245-253, 494-505]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chronological framework: early, high, and late Middle Ages; how to use primary sources [<i>Andrea&nbsp;<\/i>xli-lii]; see also&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/writing-guides\/\">How to Read a Primary Source<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;The (known) world after Y1K; see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/glaber-1000.html\">Ralph Glaber,&nbsp;<i>Miracles of Saint Benoit<\/i><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp; the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/maps\/900eur.jpg\">on-line map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: ufshands, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1.8rem;font-weight: normal\">Week 2 (August 24-28): Agriculture and rural society [<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em> <\/i><span style=\"font-family: ufshands, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1.8rem;font-weight: normal\">&nbsp;254-269]<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Medieval manor: lords and peasants [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;204-213;&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;47-48]; see also a description of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/hecham.html\">Hecham manor (1086)<\/a>, a collection of texts on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1275manors1.html\">manorial management and organization (ca. 1275)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/pop-in-eur.html\">tables on population in medieval Europe<\/a>, and the presentation of the archaeological site at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/wharram-percy-deserted-medieval-village\/\">Wharram Percy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social orders and &#8220;feudalism&#8221; [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;137-147, 214-219]; see also the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/sbook1i.html#Feudalism\">introductory essay on feudalism<\/a>,&nbsp; the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/agreement.html\">agreement between Count William V of Aquitaine and Hugh IV of Lusignan<\/a>, and a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/atton1.html\">twelfth-century charter of homage and fealty<\/a><a style=\"color: #243778;font-family: ufshands, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1.8rem;font-weight: normal\" name=\"Week3\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3 (August 31-September 4): The revival of commerce [<i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;270-276]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Markets and fairs; see also the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/952osnabruck.html\">grant of market to the bishopric of Osnabruck (952)<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1026nordfair.html\"><i>Heimskringla<\/i>&nbsp;on fairs<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1173duisberg.html\">grant of two fairs at Duisburg (1173)<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1270romans.html\">Humbert de Romans on markets and fairs<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long-distance trade and the &#8220;commercial revolution&#8221; [<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;61-62 and 129-132]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1198popevenz.html\">Innocent III&#8217;s license to Venice for trade with the Muslims (1198)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1229novgorod-germans.html\">privileges granted to Hansa merchants at Novgorod (1229)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/hanse1241.html\">L\u00fcbeck and Hamburg treaty (1241)<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1248pship3.html\">purchase of shares in a ship (1248)<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1248pship4.html\">partnership contract (1248)<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1248roubauds-credit.html\">an example of purchase on credit (1248)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4 (September 7-11): Urban economy and freedom&nbsp;[<i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;277-290]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday, September 7: Labor Day (no classes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Medieval cities, urban economy, and guilds [<i>Andrea&nbsp;<\/i>223-237 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/guild-sthhmptn.html\">rules of the Southampton guild of merchants<\/a>, John of Viterbo, Jews of Speyer);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;151-154, 156-157, and 255-257];&nbsp; the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1209Weavers2.html\">&nbsp;law of the fullers and weavers of Winchester (1209)<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/stendal-guild1231.html\">law revision of the garment cutters&#8217; guild of Stendal (1231)<\/a>,&nbsp; the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1236Weavers5.html\">charter of the shearers of Arras (1236)<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;&nbsp;<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trytel.com\/~tristan\/towns\/towns.html#menu\">Medieval English Towns<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban communities and communes [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;220-223]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1200etampes.html\">the suppression of the Etampes commune by Philip II Augustus (1199-1200)<\/a>&nbsp;, an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trytel.com\/~tristan\/towns\/ipswich2.html\">account of the setting up of self-government in Ipswich (1200)<\/a>, and&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/guibert-laon.html\">Guibert of Nogent on the commune of Laon (1115)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week5\"><\/a>Week 5 (September 14-18): West European Christianity in the High Middle Ages [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;370-377]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The power of the Church: conversion to Christianity and the organization of&nbsp; parish communities; see&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1438sacraments.html\">three documents on medieval sacraments<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/heisterbach-sacra-charm.asp\">Caesarius of Heisterbach on eucharist as a charm (1220-1235)<\/a>,&nbsp; the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1210chartres.html\">cathedral chapter of Chartres and the riot of 1210<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular religion and heresy&nbsp; [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;186-191 and 200-203 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/waldo1.html\">Peter Waldo<\/a>, pseudo-David of Augsburg);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;178-180]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/tales-virgin.html\">sermon tales of the Virgin<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/tales-relics.html\">relics<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/tales-devil.html\">devil<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/heresy1.asp\">Raynaldus on the Cathars<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/gui-cathars.html\">Bernard of Gui&#8217;s description of the Cathars<\/a>, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/people\/nancy.stork\/courses\/c4\/s1\/agnes_francou\">&nbsp;confession of Agnes Francou<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/cathar-gospel.asp\">Cathar Gospel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 6 (September 21-25): Monasticism and the reform of the Church [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;327-333, 378-383]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monasticism and the friars [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;191-194 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/stfran-test.html\">Francis&#8217;s testament<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;167-169]; see also the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/chart-cluny.html\">foundation charter of Cluny (910)<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/1143clairvaux.asp\">William of St. Thierry&#8217;s description of Clairvaux (1143)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medieval papacy and Inquisition [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;194-200 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/lat4-select.asp\">canons of Lateran IV<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;174-175 and 268-269]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/innIII-policies.asp\">Innocent III&#8217;s letters<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/bernardgui-inq.asp\">Bernard of Gui&#8217;s description of inquisitorial techniques<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/clareno-inq.html\">Angelo Clareno on inquisitorial torture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week7\"><\/a>Week 7 (September 28-October 2): Crusades and crusaders [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;316-326, 340-349, and 362-369]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first three crusades [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;304-318 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/fulk2.html\">Fulk of Chartres<\/a>, Robert the Monk,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1096jews-mainz.html\">Solomon Bar Simson<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/usamah2.html\">Usamah bin Munqidh<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;109-119]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/odo-deuil.asp\">Odo of Deuil on King Louis VII and the Second Crusade<\/a>,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1192peace.html\"><i>Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi&nbsp;<\/i>on Richard the Lionheart&#8217;s peace with Saladin (1192)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fourth Crusade; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/basis\/villehardouin.html\">Geoffroy de Villehardouin<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/choniates1.html\">Nicetas Choniates<\/a>; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/1212pueri.html\"><i>Chronica Regiae Coloniensis<\/i>&nbsp;on the Children&#8217;s Crusade<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crusader states;&nbsp; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/tyre-godfrey.html\">William of Tyre on Godfrey of Bouillon as King of Jerusalem<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/fulk3.html\">Fulk of Chartres on Latins in the East<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 2: Homecoming (no classes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week10\"><\/a>Week 8 (October 5-9): Western Christendom and the wider world&nbsp;[<i><i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em><i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i>390-396 and 447-455]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc0000\">Midterm exam: Monday, October 5, 11:45 to 12:35<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christians, Muslims, and Mongols [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;335-348 (Joinville,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/corvino1.asp\">John of Monte Corvino<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;129-131]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/mpolo44-46.asp\">Marco Polo on the Tartars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 9 (October 12-16): The world of thought and art [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;399-422]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From cathedral schools to the twelfth-century Renaissance [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;241-243 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/abelard-sel.asp\">Peter Abelard<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;182-183]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/nogent-auto.html\">Guibert of Nogent&#8217;s&nbsp;<i>Autobiography<\/i><\/a><i>&nbsp;<\/i>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/bacon2.html\">Roger Bacon on experimental science<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/heloise1.html\">Heloise&#8217;s letter to Abelard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Western medieval art [<em>Andrea<\/em> 258-265]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week12\"><\/a>Week 10 (October 19-23): The community of the realm [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;291-307, 334-339, 350-361, and 384-389]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Political centralization and the history of the European monarchies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>France [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;284-288, 359-363, 411-415 (Joinville, Catherine of Sienna about Avignon,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/commynes1.html\">Philippe de Commynes on Louis XI<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;36-39, 103-105, and 131-133]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/987capet.html\">Richer on Hugh Capet&#8217;s election<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 11 (October 26-30): Centralization and war [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;478-486]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>England [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;292-296, 298-301 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/magnacarta.html\">Magna Carta<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/ed1-summons.html\">Edward&#8217;s Summons to Parliament<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;220-221 and 241-243]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hundred Years War [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;366-373, 402-410 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/basis\/froissart-full.asp\">Froissart<\/a>, Christine of Pisan on Joan,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/nider-stjoan1.asp\">Johann Nider on Joan<\/a>);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;1201-204 and 231-234]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week14\"><\/a>Week 12 (November 2-6): On the fringes [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;334-339, 436-446, and 462-477]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;The Iberian kingdoms and&nbsp;<i>Reconquista<\/i>&nbsp;[<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;289-291 (ordinances);&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;42-44, 133-135, 224-226, and 240-241]; see&nbsp;maps of the&nbsp;<em>taifa<\/em> kingdoms,&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Almoravid&nbsp;and&nbsp;Almohad&nbsp;Empires, of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_p41cnR0oCpo\/TEV470TbM6I\/AAAAAAAABNE\/Oe7x-G3afDo\/s1600\/1212%2520Batalla%2520de%2520las%2520Navas%2520de%2520Tolosa%2520a.jpg\">Iberian Peninsula<\/a>&nbsp;in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, of the kingdom of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4e\/Expansi%C3%B3n_peninsular_de_la_Corona_de_Arag%C3%B3n.png\">Aragon<\/a>, and of the kingdom of&nbsp;Granada; see a portrait of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.academic.ru\/pictures\/enwiki\/70\/Fernando_III_de_Castilla.png\">Ferdinand III of Castile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;East Central Europe and Scandinavia in the High Middle Ages; see&nbsp;maps of Hungary in the late&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d4\/Hungary_11th_cent.png\">eleventh-century<\/a>&nbsp;and  the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/home.hu.inter.net\/~jekely\/19357884.jpg\">royal crown<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;a portrait of King&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-EwBzn40zwSY\/TnOK3ZLhVCI\/AAAAAAAAIVY\/lX1nzRPrIF0\/s1600\/4.091-1.jpg\">Ladislas I<\/a>; visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f5\/Megyesz%C3%A9khely_-_Kom%C3%A1rom-Esztergom_megye_-_Esztergom.jpg\">Esztergom<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/96\/Megyesz%C3%A9khely_-_Fej%C3%A9r_megye_-_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r.jpg\">Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week15\"><\/a>Week 13 (November 9-13): Monarchs and popes in conflict [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;423-435]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Empire [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;267-271 and 296-298;&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;29-31, 95-97, 123-125, 212-213, and 214-216]; see also the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/goldenbull.html\">Golden Bull of Charles IV<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday, November 11: Veteran&#8217;s Day (no classes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italian city-states: ideals and reality [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;415-420]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/villani.html\">Giovanni Vilanni,&nbsp;<i>Chronicle of Florence<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Week16\"><\/a>&nbsp;Week 14 (November 16-20): Crisis and expansion in the late Middle Ages [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;456-461 and 487-494]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crisis and expansion [<i>Andrea<\/i>&nbsp;351-359, 390-392, 421-424;&nbsp;<i>Atlas<\/i>&nbsp;244-246, 260-261, 276-277, and 289-291]; see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/petrarch1.asp\">Petrarch&#8217;s letter to posterity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Late medieval Church and lay religiosity [<em>Andrea<\/em>&nbsp;359-365]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Schism [<em>Andrea<\/em>&nbsp;395-398]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 15 (December 1-2): New horizons [<i><i><i style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><em>Raffensperger\/Curta<\/em><\/i><\/i><\/i>&nbsp;495-506]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Early Renaissance <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Final exam: Wednesday, December 9, 3:00 to 5:00<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}