{"id":345,"date":"2019-11-15T12:16:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T17:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:55:45","slug":"euh-3300-weekly-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/byzantine-history\/euh-3300-weekly-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"EUH 3182 &#8211; Weekly Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EUH 3182 &#8211; Weekly Topics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">Byzantium, Byzantine studies, sources, and chronology<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A question of terminology? Rome, Byzantium and Byzantine studies [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>1-13;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>2-20 and 53-75]; you may also visit the sites of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doaks.org\/research\/byzantine\/\">Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies\u00a0<\/a>and of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsana.net\/\">Byzantine Studies Association of North America<\/a>; see a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ime.gr\/chronos\/12\/en\/1833_1897\/society\/people\/03.html\">note<\/a> on Constantine Paparrigopoulos and his idea of Byzantium as Greek history; see also a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardwolf.de\/latein\/ducange.htm\">portrait of Du Cange<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Gyula+Moravcsik\">biographical sketch of Gyula Moravcsik<\/a>, and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/46\/Karl_Krumbacher_-_Imagines_philologorum.jpg\">portrait of Karl Krumbacher<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Periodization: when does Byzantium begin and end [<em>Shepard<\/em>\u00a021-52]<\/li>\n<li>Sources for Byzantine history [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>13-22;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>76-95]; for an example\u00a0see the early 13th-century\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doaks.org\/resources\/seals\/byzantine-seals\/BZS.1951.31.5.3\">seal of David Komnenos\u00a0<\/a>now in the Dumbarton Oaks collection in Washington, D. C.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 2 (January 20-24): The Late Roman Empire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">From 284 to 395 [see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/9d\/44\/c3\/9d44c3ca3249c12560b5b0f86e0cbd73.jpg\">on-line map<\/a>]<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>From Diocletian to Constantine the Great: Tetrarchy and Dominate [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>36-48;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a039 (no. 19), 87 (no. 57 A and B), 229-230 (no. 164), 252 (no. 177 A and B); Ralph Mathisen,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/dioclet.htm\"><i>Diocletian<\/i>;<\/a> Hans A. Pohlsander,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/conniei.htm\"><i>Constantine I<\/i><\/a>]; see examples of coins issued \u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ancient-roman-coins.com\/constantine-Ist-the-great-coins-imperial\">Constantine the Great<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"DE\">The Christian Empire [<em>Gregory<\/em>\u00a049-71; see\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/edict-milan.html\">Edict of Milan<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/source\/conv-const.asp\">Eusebius on the conversion of Constantine<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/nicenecreed.html\">Nicene Creed<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"DE\">From Julian to Theodosius: the state under strain [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>72-102;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0127-128 (no. 92B), 128-129 (no. 93), 328-330 (nos. 242-243), 393-394 (no. 296)]; see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/ancient\/julian-mispogon.html\">Julian&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Misopogon<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Letters_of_Julian\/Letter_22\">letter to Arsacius<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/ancient\/378adrianople.html\">Ammianus Marcellinus&#8217; description of the battle of Adrianople<\/a>, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/roman-empire.net\/the-battle-of-adrianople\/\">analysis<\/a> of that battle; see also Noel Lenski, <a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/valens.htm\"><i>Valens<\/i><\/a>; David Woods,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/theo1.htm\"><i>Theodosius I<\/i><\/a><br>\n<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3 (January 27-31): The fifth century<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">Barbarians, political division, and Christological controversies<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Eastern Empire and the Huns [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>103-128;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0109-110 (no. 79 A and B)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.georgetown.edu\/jod\/texts\/priscus.html\">Priscus&#8217; account of his embassy to Attila<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/bb\/Byzantine_Constantinople-en.png\">map of Constantinople<\/a>; you may also wish to visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.byzantium1200.com\/landwall.html\">land walls of Anthemius (&#8220;Theodosian Walls&#8221;)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Christianity, heterodoxy, and monasticism<i> [Geanakoplos<\/i>145-147 (no. 106),\u00a0148-150 (no. 108,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monergism.com\/definition-council-chalcedon-451-ad\">\u00a0the definition of faith of the Council of Chalcedon<\/a>), 165 (no. 120), 167 (no. 121)]; see also and several resources related to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.papalencyclicals.net\/councils\/ecum04.htm\">Council of 451<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4 (February 3-7): Early Byzantium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">457-565<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment # 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Barbarians, Monophysites, and reforms [<i>Shepard \u00a0<\/i>130-195;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a058 (no. 37), 307 (no. 222); Hugh Elton,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/zeno.htm\"><i>Zeno<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/anastasi.htm\"><i>Anastasius<\/i><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Justinian [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>129-159;\u00a0<i>Shepard<\/i>\u00a099-123 and 196-220;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a030-31 (no. 12), 73-75 (no. 48), 76-77 (no. 49B), 150-151 (no. 110), 187-188 (no. 136), 254-256 (no. 180), 258-260 (no. 183), 319-321 (nos. 235-236)]; see James Allan Evans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/justinia.htm\"><i>Justinian<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneonta.edu\/faculty\/farberas\/arth\/Images\/arth212images\/early_christian\/Justinian_empire.jpg\">map<\/a>\u00a0of the empire during his reign; visit the site of Justinian&#8217;s hometown, Iustiniana Prima (<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/65\/Justiniana_Prima%2C_aeroimage.jpg\">Caricin Grad<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 5 (February 10-14): The end of the old order<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">565-610<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>From Justin II to Phocas [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>159-172;\u00a0<i>Shepard<\/i>\u00a0123-129]; see also James Allen Evans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/justinii.htm\"><i>Justin II<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Roman world around AD 600: law and society [chapter by Bernard Stolte in\u00a0<i>Haldon<\/i>]; see a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildwinds.com\/coins\/byz\/maurice\/sb0477.jpg\">solidus<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beastcoins.com\/Byzantine\/MauriceTiberius\/Z4268.jpg\">follis<\/a>\u00a0of Emperor Maurice; visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/corinthianmatters.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/lechaion-road.jpg?w=522&amp;h=348&amp;crop=1\">Corinth <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/81\/244679303_e354cb6950.jpg\">Sardis<\/a>; see examples of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archaeologydataservice.ac.uk\/archiveDS\/archiveDownload?t=arch-463-2\/dissemination\/jpg\/photos_small\/PEC109.jpg\">Late Roman 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edgarlowen.com\/b4243.jpg\">Late Roman 5\u00a0<\/a>amphorae; see an example of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e3\/African_Red_Slip_vessels.JPG\">African Red Slip wares<\/a>; see the new church built on top of the Byzantine cathedral of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/147\/333774388_1e059feebe.jpg\">Madaba<\/a>\u00a0(Jordan) and the mosaic floor of the Church of St. John in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/119\/294388839_cce64326d7.jpg?v=0\">Gerasa<\/a>; see an aerial view of the early Byzantine fort at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/85\/Stari_Ras.jpg\">Ras<\/a>\u00a0(Serbia), a view of the fort at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pero_kvrzica\/10649662983\">Markovi kuli<\/a>\u00a0near Prilep (Macedonia), and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3117\/3191966913_1935d9e08d.jpg\">map of the city of Nicopolis ad Istrum<\/a>\u00a0(Bulgaria) with the early Byzantine fort added on its southern side<\/li>\n<li>Social relations and the land [chapter by Peter Harris in\u00a0<i>Haldon<\/i>]; visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibleplaces.com\/images\/Gerasa%20oval%20plaza,%20tb%20n031701.jpg\">Gerasa<\/a>, a major city of the East<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 6 (February 17-21): Survival and change<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">610-780 [see the on-line maps of Byzantium\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thoughtline.com\/byznet\/650.htm\"><i>ca.<\/i>\u00a0650<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thoughtline.com\/byznet\/750.htm\"><i>ca.\u00a0<\/i>750<\/a>]<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The many faces of the seventh century [<i>Shepard<\/i>\u00a0221-248]<\/li>\n<li>From Heraclius to Justinian II [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>172-197;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a064-67 (nos. 41-43), 133-134 (no. 98A),\u00a0 335-339\u00a0 (nos. 249-250)]; see al-Baladhuri&#8217;s account of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/yarmuk.html\">battle at the Yarmuk river<\/a>; see also R. Scott Moore,\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/heraclis.htm\">Heraclius<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu\/Just2.htm\">Justinian II\u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>as well as Judith Herrin,\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/med\/herrin.html\">Byzantium Confronted by Islam<\/a>;\u00a0<\/i>see a map of the main\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/ikon\/whit1.gif\">Anatolian themes<\/a>, a portrait of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientresource.com\/images\/persian\/sassanian\/khusro-II-fsr0712403.jpg\">Khusro II\u00a0<\/a>on a Sassanian drachm (silver coin); one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumancientcoins.com\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/36484\/normal_Sear-1168.jpg\">Constantine IV<\/a>\u00a0on a Byzantine hexagram; a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/images.vcoins.com\/product_image\/89\/C\/6\/cZN94m5B7AEpJr2QW4ij5Pe63iwYKp.jpg\">hexagram<\/a>\u00a0of his father, Emperor Constans II; and a brief presentation of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lPUgvYZ5UDk\">Greek fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contraction, disruption, and change: towards a medieval society [chapter by John Haldon in <em>Haldon<\/em>;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0231-234 (no. 166 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/farmerslaw.asp\"><i>The Farmer&#8217;s Law<\/i><\/a>), 260 (no. 184), 273-275 (nos. 196-197), and 296-297 (no. 213)]; see a map of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/maps\/byzthemes.jpg\">theme system<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/shadowsofconstantinople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/208cb-11am.jpg\">reconstruction<\/a> of the city of Amorium (with a map of the recent excavation of the Middle Byzantine <a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eslMjf0elzE\/VAsZEW8nSiI\/AAAAAAAADjo\/u1Kxk6kG5-Y\/s1600\/Picture1.jpg\">kastron<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 7 (February 24-28): The age of iconoclasm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">730-843<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #2<\/span>.\u00a0Confronting Islam [<em>Shepard<\/em>\u00a0333-349 and 365-394]; see the seal of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doaks.org\/resources\/seals\/byzantine-seals\/BZS.1955.1.1676\">logothetes tou genikou<\/a>\u00a0(minister responsible for taxation)<\/li>\n<li>Iconoclasm and the making of Byzantine Orthodoxy [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>198-219;<i>\u00a0Shepard<\/i>\u00a0251-291;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0152-154 (no. 111); 154-156 (no. 112), 156-157 (no. 113 ), 157 (no. 114 &#8211; Emperor Leo V&#8217;s iconoclastic views), 158 (no. 115), 346-347 (no. 257)]; read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/basis\/johndamascus-images.asp\">John of Damascus&#8217; defence of icons<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/icono-cncl754.html\">the decisions of the iconoclastic Church council of 754<\/a>;\u00a0see a (rare) pre-Iconoclasm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/0a\/58\/6d\/0a586d6ecae3c253904188a8029c48dd.jpg\">icon of the Virgin Mary with Jesus child<\/a>\u00a0from the Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai; see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/463390\">gold coin<\/a>\u00a0struck for Emperor Justinian II and an Islamic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/images.vcoins.com\/product_image\/159\/E\/6\/E5p7xQ4F57YqS2rb2D3eH9mEDzK6n8.jpg\">dirham<\/a>; visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/makkah.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/2095817-the-dome-of-the-rock-0.jpg\">Dome of the Rock<\/a>\u00a0in Jerusalem (with a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlastours.net\/holyland\/dome_of_the_rock_inside.jpg\">section<\/a>\u00a0and a view of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamiclandmarks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Decoration-in-the-Dome-of-the-Rock.jpg\">aniconic decoration<\/a>\u00a0in the interior) and the rock-cut settlements of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lutfifiieanie.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/wallpaper-ancient-uchisar-cappadocia-turkey.jpg\">Cappadocia<\/a>; see a (modern)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fatherstephen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/sundayorthodoxy.jpg\">icon for the Sunday of Orthodoxy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Court, army, and church [<em>Gregory<\/em>\u00a0220-240;\u00a0<em>Shepard<\/em>\u00a0465-492 and 433-464; chapter by Michael Angold in\u00a0<em>Haldon<\/em>;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a021-22 and 51-52\u00a0 (nos. 4 and 29), 22-23 and 25 (nos. 5 and 8 &#8211; Liutprand of Cremona,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/source\/liudprand1.asp\"><i>Antapodosis<\/i><\/a>); 59-60 (no. 38), 77-79 (no. 50 A and B), 79 (no. 51), 99-100 (nos. 69-70), 168-170 (no. 122)]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 8: (March 3-7): An age of reconquest and glory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">843-1025<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Expansion under the early Macedonian dynasty\u00a0 [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>242-264;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>292-332;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos\u00a0<\/i>25-26 (no. 9), 40-41 (no. 21), 112-114 (nos. 83-84), 118-121 (no. 89 A and B), 234-236 (no. 167), 239-245 (nos. 170-173), 260 (no. 184), 281-284 (nos. 205-206), 347-349 (nos. 258-259), 409 (no. 307 A), 418-420 (no. 315)]; see also the\u00a0Athonite\u00a0monasteries\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chalkidiki.com\/images\/great_lavra1.jpg\">Great Lavra<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rolfgross.dreamhosters.com\/Greece-Web\/Athos\/1979AthosIviron.jpg\">Iviron<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chalkidiki.com\/images\/zographou1.jpg\">Zographou<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cyberpodroze.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/monastery-vatopedi-500.jpg\">Vatopedi<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chalkidiki.com\/images\/stavronikita1.jpg\">Stavronikita<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/02varvara.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/st-paul-monastery-of-mt-athos.jpg\">St. Paul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #3<\/span>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 9 (March 10-14): Declining empire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">1025-1143<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Basil II and the Turks [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>265-275;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>493-582 and 692-727;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>101-102 (nos. 71-72), 111-112 (nos. 81-82), 189-190 (no. 137), 245-246 (no. 174), 284-286 (no. 207), 292-296 (no. 212 A and B), 351-353 (nos. 262-263 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bibletribes.org\/judah\/chronicle\">the <i>Primary Chronicle <\/i>on Prince Vladimir&#8217;s conversion)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Military disaster and Comnenian recovery [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>275-311;<i>\u00a0Shepard\u00a0<\/i>583-646;<i>\u00a0Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a029-30 (no. 11), 41-42 (no. 22), 52-53 (no. 30), 68-69 (no. 45), 104-105 (no. 74), 134 (no. 98 B), 140-141 (no. 103 A and B &#8211; Michael Psellus,\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/basis\/psellus-chrono06.html\">Chronography<\/a><\/i>), 158-161 (no. 116 A and B), 175-176 (nos. 126-127), 206-214 (nos. 150-151), 236-238 (no. 168 A and B), 262-263 (no. 187), 286-288 (no. 208), 358-362 (nos. 268-270 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/comnena-cde.html#alex105\">Anna Comnena,\u00a0<i>Alexiad<\/i>, on the arrival of the crusaders<\/a>), 382 (no. 289), 402-403 (no. 302 A and B), 404-405 (no. 303), 406-407 (no. 305), 412-413 (no. 309)]<\/li>\n<li>Church, society and the Middle Byzantine art [<em>Gregory<\/em>\u00a0311-324; chapters by Paul Magdalino and Alice-Mary Talbot in\u00a0<em>Haldon<\/em>]; visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/im.haberturk.com\/galeri\/2013\/03\/13\/425455\/6d547012345cab5797b8aeed3f60855f_k.jpg?1363252482\">Church of St. Elias<\/a>\u00a0(now Atik Mustafa Camii in Istanbul); the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.byzantium1200.com\/pantocra.html\">monastery of Christ Pantokrator<\/a>, founded by John II Comnenus in Constantinople; the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/athensgreece.ca\/images\/holyapostles.jpg\">Church of the Holy Apostles<\/a>\u00a0in Athens;\u00a0 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtp.gr\/TDirectoryDetails.asp?ID=14852\">Church of St. Luke in Phokis<\/a>\u00a0(Greece); the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inthessaloniki.com\/item\/panagia-chalkeon\/\">Church of Panagia Chalkeon<\/a>\u00a0in Thessaloniki;\u00a0 the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media-cdn.tripadvisor.com\/media\/photo-s\/02\/ce\/40\/c7\/nea-moni-monastery.jpg\">Nea Moni monastery in Chios<\/a>\u00a0(Greece), with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivalguides.com\/en\/Travelguide\/chios\/doandsee\/nea-moni-4796\">decoration scheme of the interior<\/a>; the\u00a0St. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebyzantinelegacy.com\/sophia-ohrid\">Sophia church in Ochrid<\/a>\u00a0(Macedonia); the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebyzantinelegacy.com\/daphni\">Daphni monastery near Athens<\/a>\u00a0(Greece); the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sicilytourist.com\/incominginsicily\/palermo\/church__martorana.htm\">Church of Santa Maria dell&#8217;Ammiraglio in Palermo<\/a>\u00a0(Italy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 10 (March 17-21): Spring break<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">No classes<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 11 (March 24-28): Diminishing security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">1143-1204<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Balkans [<em>Shepard<\/em>\u00a0664-691]<\/li>\n<li>The fall of the Comneni and the fall of the Empire [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>324-329;<i>\u00a0Shepard\u00a0<\/i>636-663;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a024-25 (no. 7), 54 (no. 31), 92-93 (no. 65), 280 (no. 204 &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/thess-fair.html\">\u00a0the great fair at Thessalonica<\/a>), 363-365 (nos. 272-273), 365-367 (nos. 274-275), 368-372 (nos. 276-280 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/basis\/villehardouin.html\">Geoffroy de Villehardouin on the Fourth Crusade<\/a>)]<\/li>\n<li>Twelfth-century Byzantine society and the problem of &#8220;Byzantine feudalism&#8221; [chapters by Peter Frankopan and Michel Kaplan in\u00a0<em>Haldon<\/em>;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos\u00a0<\/i>69-70 (no. 46)]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 12 (March 31-April 4): From &#8220;successor&#8221; states to restored empire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">1204-1282<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Empire(s) in exile [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>330-346;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>731-758;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a034-36 (no. 16), 44-45 (no. 24), 61-62 (no. 39), 106 (no. 75), 248-249 (no. 175), 309-310 (no. 224B)]<\/li>\n<li>The Latin Empire of Constantinople, the Second Bulgarian Empire, and Serbia [<em>Shepard<\/em>\u00a0759-802]<\/li>\n<li>The restored empire [<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>803-833;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a023-24 (no. 6), 36-37 (no. 17), 114-115 (no. 85 A and B), 123 (no. 91), 134-135 (no. 98C), 172-173 (no. 124), 218 (no. 157), 219 (no. 158A), 269-270 (no. 193 A and B), 288-289 (no. 209), 290-292 (no. 211), 299-300 (no. 215), 374-375 (no. 283), 407-408 (no. 306), 417 (no. 313)]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 13 (April 7-11): From second-rate power to civil war<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">1282-1354<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Andronicus II and the rise of the Ottoman state [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>345-356;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0375-376 (no. 284), 420-421 (no. 316)]<\/li>\n<li>Civil war, plague, Hesychasm, and collapse [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>356-367;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a055-56 (no. 33), 82-84 (no. 54), 84-85 (no. 55), 109 (no. 78), 111 (no. 80), 150 (no. 109), 162-163 (no. 117), 182-186 (nos. 132-134); 270-272 (no. 194), 385-386 (no. 292)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/hesychasm1.asp\">selected readings on Hesychasm<\/a>; see also the portrait of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greatestgreeks.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/24\/theodore-metochites\/\">Theodore Metochites<\/a>\u00a0dedicated the Monastery of the Chora (a mosaic in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetware.com\/i\/photo\/kariye-camii-istanbul-tr167.jpg\">Karyie Camii<\/a>\u00a0in Istanbul); visit also the Monastery of the Virgin Pammakaristos (<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/27\/Pammakaristos_Church_facade.jpg\">Fethiye Camii<\/a>, with an enormous\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2193\/1728900076_0528000094.jpg\">mosaic of Christ Pantocrator<\/a>\u00a0in the main dome), where Michael Glabas Tarchaniotes is buried; see also an example of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2519\/3745589743_154de19d8f.jpg\">illuminated manuscripts<\/a> produced in the convent of St. Andrew at Krisis (founded by Theodora Raoulaina); visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplaka.com\/mistra\/g5016.jpg\">Mistra<\/a>\u00a0(especially the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/76\/Hodegetria.jpg\">church of Hodigitria<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3e\/Mistra_4.jpg\">Church of the Virgin Peribleptos<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 14 (April 14-18): Under Ottoman <em>ahd<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">1354-1425<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color: #cc0000\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #4<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>John V Palaeologos and the Ottoman\u00a0<i>ahd<\/i>\u00a0[<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>367-377;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0143-144 (no. 105 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/patanthony-emp.asp\">Patriarch Anthony&#8217;s defense of imperial power<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Relations with the West [<em>Shepard<\/em>\u00a0852-860]<\/li>\n<li>Manuel II&#8217;s appeal to the West [<em>Gregor<\/em>y\u00a0378-382;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>860-865;\u00a0<i>Geneakoplos<\/i>\u00a027-29 (no. 10), 37-38 (no. 18), 386-388 (no. 293)]<\/li>\n<li>Late Byzantine society [chapter by Laiou in<i>\u00a0Haldon<\/i>]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 15 (April 21-25): From emperor to sultan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000\">1425-1453 and beyond<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The fall of Constantinople [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>383-400;\u00a0<i>Shepard\u00a0<\/i>865-872;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a056 (no. 34), 107-108 (no. 77), 221-225 (nos. 160-163), 272 (no. 195), 353-355 (nos. 264-265), 383-385 (no. 291), 388-389 (nos. 294-295), 440-441 (no. 329)]<\/li>\n<li>Late Byzantine and post-Byzantine art, Byzantium and the history of the (European) Middle Ages [<i>Gregory\u00a0<\/i>401-420;\u00a0<i>Shepard 53-65 <\/i>and 872-880]; see <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.uoregon.edu\/sshoemak\/325\/texts\/moscow_the_third_rome.htm\">Filofei on Moscow as the third Rome<\/a>; visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4c\/FeneriIsaCamiiInIstanbul20070102_1.jpg\">Lips monastery\u00a0<\/a>(Fenari Isa Camii) in Constantinople, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c2\/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%AC_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1_2016.jpg\">Church of Panagia Parigoritissa<\/a>\u00a0in Arta (Greece), the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travel-to-thessaloniki.com\/places_images\/16.jpg\">Church of the Holy Apostles<\/a>\u00a0in Thessaloniki, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a7\/Church_of_the_Theotokos_Peribleptos_Ohrid.jpg\">Church of Bogorodica Periblepta in Ohrid<\/a>\u00a0(Macedonia, with its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.traveladventures.org\/continents\/europe\/images\/ohrid04.jpg\">recessed sawtooth brick bands<\/a>), the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4f\/St._Sophia_-_Ohrid.jpg\">Church of St. Sophia<\/a>\u00a0in Ohrid, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c7\/Bogorodica_Ljeviska1.jpg\">Church of the Mother of God Ljeviska<\/a>\u00a0in Prizren (Kosovo, Serbia),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/0e\/Visoki_De%C4%8Dani%2C_exterior_view_%28Julian_Ny%C4%8Da%29.jpg\">Church of the Pantokrator<\/a>\u00a0of the Decani Monastery in Serbia (with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3038\/2655488800_172eb5078d.jpg\">inscription above the portal<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0King Stefan Uros III&#8217;s coffin, as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3250\/2848923776_9264046c1e.jpg\">dynastic tree of the Nemanjid dynasty<\/a>), the church of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetware.com\/i\/photo\/mistra-gr5041.jpg\">Panatanassa Monastery<\/a>\u00a0in Mistra, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2539\/3752579476_93da7d6e0a.jpg\">Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit<\/a>\u00a0at the Monastery of the Trinity-Saint Sergius in Russia; see also the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farlang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fig.-16-Icon-From-Monastery-of-Metamorphosis-in-Meteora-1367-1384.jpg\">icon of the doubting of Thomas<\/a>\u00a0at the Meteora Monastery.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #5.\u00a0<\/span>What kind of society was that? 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