{"id":539,"date":"2020-10-10T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T03:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:55:45","slug":"euh-3323-weekly-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/euh-3323-weekly-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"EUH 3323 &#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 3323 &#8211; Weekly topics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1 (August 21-22): What is Eastern Europe?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A question of terminology: Central, Eastern, Southeastern, and East Central Europe;\u00a0see maps of\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeworldmaps.net\/europe\/central\/centraleurope-physical-map.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">East Central<\/a>. <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/9b\/Adriatic%E2%80%93Ionian_motorway.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southeastern<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/andreasmoser.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/europe_topography_map_en.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eastern Europe<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 2 (August 25-29): Sources and the\u00a0Dark Ages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Written and archaeological sources [<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0xix-xxiv]; see examples of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/archaeology.kiev.ua\/journal\/030500\/bulgakova.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 12th-century Rus\u2019 seal<\/a>, a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/archive\/c\/c1\/20070922152549%21Birch-bark_letter_292_real.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">birch-bark letter<\/a>\u00a0from Novgorod,\u00a0a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/94\/Copy_of_Chatalar_Inscription.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bulgar inscription<\/a>\u00a0on a column, and a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arild-hauge.com\/arild-hauge\/ru-rune-old_ladoga_II_photo-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Runic inscription<\/a> found in Staraia Ladoga<\/li>\n<li>The last century of Roman power in the Balkans [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a09-14]; see a map of the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/us1-browse.startpage.com\/av\/anon-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2F64.media.tumblr.com%2Fcfc0be96b0114df2f48e08eb27eefa71%2Fc0897dac1c4b7fa8-c3%2Fs1280x1920%2F17fa39d6093f014403143daaef6961819ae5c90a.jpg&amp;sp=1748719541T22bc2516c3d1c50d1fa62690e3a3f4ad7eda5de2f65254a5618a13ea10bb804e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roman Empire<\/a>;\u00a0see a view of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/5c\/Philippi_city_center.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippi<\/a>\u00a0(Greece) and a\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universalis.fr\/media\/caricin-grad-v170325\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plan<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0of Cari\u010din Grad (Serbia, possibly Iustiniana Prima); see the plan of the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3f\/Gesamtplan_Iatrus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sixth-century Roman fort at Iatrus (Krivina, Bulgaria)<\/a> and an example of\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.numista.com\/catalogue\/pieces19711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">copper coin<\/a>\u00a0struck for emperor Justinian<\/li>\n<li>Slavs and Avars [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a015-23;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a03-8 and 293-296]; see the ideal\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/mitchtempparch.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/early-medieval-poland-one-or-many.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reconstruction<\/a> of a sunken-floored building with clay oven, a map of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/europe\/images\/map-europe-600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Europe around 600<\/a> and read a\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pastchronicle.com\/spectacularly-rare-7th-century-warrior-uncovered-by-archeologists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">presentation<\/a> of an Avar warrior&#8217;s burial<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3 (September 1-5): Early medieval Balkans<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Croats and Serbs [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>24-28;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a016-18]<\/li>\n<li>Bulgars and early medieval Bulgaria [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>54-60;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a014-16 and 83-84];\u00a0see a gold medallion of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/lubomir-vassilev.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/814-831.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omurtag<\/a>;\u00a0visit\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itinari.com\/a-stroll-around-pliska-where-bulgarians-got-christianized-sknw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pliska<\/a> and the site of the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madara Horseman<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4 (September 8-12): The West in the East, ca. 800-900<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Avars and Franks [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a042-46<em>; Curta\u00a0<\/em>8-11 and 21-22 ]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #1<\/span>. Carantania [<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a025-27]<\/li>\n<li>Early medieval Moravia [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>47-53<em>; Curta\u00a0<\/em>23-24]; see a bird-view reconstruction of the ninth-century hillfort at\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hradiska.sk\/2011\/05\/breclav-pohansko.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pohansko<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 5 (September 15-19): \u201cSteppe empires\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Khazars and their conversion to Judaism [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>35-41 and 93-96;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a035-40]; see a of map of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bibliotecapleyades.net\/imagenes_sociopol\/khazar03_03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Khazaria<\/a> and\u00a0a brief presentation of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khazaria.com\/sarkel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarkel<\/a>;\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/archaeology.kiev.ua\/journal\/020300\/komar_sukhobokov.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see a few examples of Khazar weapons (including slightly curved sabers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Volga Bulgars,\u00a0 [<i>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/i>60-65 and 97-100;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em> 40-42]; see <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dd\/Varangian_routes.png\/535px-Varangian_routes.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a map of <\/a><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dd\/Varangian_routes.png\/535px-Varangian_routes.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volga Bulgaria<\/a> and\u00a0a brief presentation of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bolgar<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pechenegs, Cumans, and Oghuz [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a066-70;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a048-54]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 6 (September 22-26): Conversion to Christianity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The mission of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a079-85;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a027-35 and 265-266];\u00a0see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/nl.ijs.si\/e-zrc\/bs\/index-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brief presentation<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/kodeks.uni-bamberg.de\/AltSloven\/Quellen\/ASLFreisingF.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facsimile<\/a>\u00a0(sample copy) of the Freising Manuscripts;\u00a0see also an introduction to the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/glagolitic.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glagolitic script<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Prince Boris and the conversion of Bulgaria [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a086-92;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a042-45 and 283-284];\u00a0see an icon of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/17\/Saint_Clement_of_Ohrid_%28icon%2C_13th-14th_century%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Clement of Ohrid<\/a>;\u00a0visit\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/32\/Saint_Panteleimon_Ohrid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the church of St. Panteleimon (St. Clement\u2019s monastery)<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.exploringmacedonia.com\/content\/images\/Sv.%20Naum\/large\/St.%20Naum%20Monastery%20by%20Ohrid%20municipality%20.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">monastery of St. Naum<\/a>\u00a0in Ohrid<\/li>\n<li>Bulgaria under kings Symeon and Peter [<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a058-64]; see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/greetbulgaria.com\/veliki-preslav-the-capital-of-the-second-bulgarian-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brief presentation<\/a> of the site and the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Veliki_Preslav_walls_Enev.jpg\/800px-Veliki_Preslav_walls_Enev.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ramparts of Preslav<\/a>\u00a0(see also the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veliki_Preslav#\/media\/File:Preslav-plan-tbozhinov.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plan <\/a>of the town); see a biography of <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pravoslavieto.com\/life\/10.19_st_john_of_rila.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. John of Rila<\/a> and visit the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/rilskimanastir.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rila Monastery<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 7 (September 29-October 3): The \u201ciron century\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emperor Samuel and his war with Basil II [<i>Curta\u00a0<\/i>64-67]; see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8b\/First_Bulgarian_Empire_%28976-1018%29.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a> of the military operations in the Balkans; visit the ruins of the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f2\/Agios_Ahilleios_Mikri_Prespa_200704.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Church of St. Achilles<\/a>\u00a0in Prespa (with a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/ba\/Prespa_Fortess.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plan<\/a> of the fortified power seat on the island) and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/67\/Ohrid_Samuil%27s_Fortress.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel\u2019s Fortress<\/a> in Ohrid<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #2.<\/span> Trade and trade centers in East Central Europe [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0194-203]<\/li>\n<li>Magyars [<em>(Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>112-116<em>; Curta\u00a0<\/em>47-48, 105-107, and 186-189]; see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/hungarynews.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/ancient-home-of-hungarians.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a> of the presumed migration of the Magyars and a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com\/posts\/european-history\/viking-magyar-and-saracen-invasions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>\u00a0of the Magyar and Viking raids<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 8 (October 6-10): The rise of Rus\u2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Vikings in Russia and the Normannist controversy [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>71-75<em>; Curta\u00a0<\/em>67-73]; see Scandinavian\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/thevikingdragon.com\/collections\/tortoise-brooches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tortoise brooches<\/a>,\u00a0Viking-age\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8c\/Viking_swords_closeup.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swords<\/a>, and a\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OptimoPrincipi\/status\/1530992489657679875\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hoard of dirhams<\/a>; see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/commonwealth\/russia_rel94.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shaded relief map of Russia<span class=\"external_link_icon\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"screenreader-only\">.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Conversion of Rus&#8217; [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0101-105]<\/li>\n<li>Kievan Rus\u2019 [<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0266-269, 272-273, and 285-293]; visit the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uazone.net\/go\/gallery.cgi?gallery=Kyiv&amp;what=churches&amp;ac=show&amp;id=182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Sophia Church<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uazone.net\/go\/gallery.cgi?gallery=Kyiv&amp;what=churches&amp;ac=show&amp;id=048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monastery of the Caves<\/a> in Kiev<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 9 (October 13-17): Byzantium in the Balkans<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Byzantine Greece [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0128-132;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a077-78, 80-83, 84-86, 98-99, 148-153, and 190-192]<\/li>\n<li>Byzantine and post-Byzantine Dalmatia [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>121-127; Curta 89-91, 93-98, 100-101, and 273-277]; see a map of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/europe\/croatia_rel01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Croatia<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 10 (October 20-24): New powers, I<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Early medieval Poland and the Piasts [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>106-111;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0110-113, 118-120, 123-126, and 214-218]; see brief presentations of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slavia.org\/slavia_project.php?go=excavation_lednica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ostr\u00f3w Lednicki<\/a> and\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/poznanmagazine.com\/the-mysteries-of-ostrow-tumski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ostr\u00f3w Tumski<\/a>, Duke Mieszko I\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.architekturaibiznes.pl\/en\/palatium-poznan-archeology-exposure,19761.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">palace<\/a>\u00a0in Pozna\u0144, and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slavia.org\/giecz.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giecz<\/a>;\u00a0see a\u00a0reconstruction of the tenth-century stronghold at\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/archeologia.w.toruniu.pl\/grzybowo\/Indexa.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grzybowo<\/a>; see the <a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gniezno_Doors#\/media\/File:Gniezno_Drzwi_-_smierc.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">martyrdom of St. Adalbert<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gniezno_Doors#\/media\/File:Drzwi_gnieznienskie_wykupienie_zwlok_Wojciecha.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transfer of his remains from Prussia to Gniezno<\/a>\u00a0(twelfth-century panels on the bronze doors of the cathedral in Gniezno); see a\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_tree_of_Polish_monarchs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genealogy of the Piasts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The non-Christian neighbors of Poland [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0117-120 and 140-145;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a057-58 and 183-186]; see a reconstruction of\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.truso.com.pl\/en\/wizualizacja\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Truso<span class=\"external_link_icon\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>P\u0159emyslid Bohemia [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0261-270;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0107-110, 113-118, 126-129, 135-136, and 159-161];\u00a0see a map of\u00a0the present-day\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zamky-hrady.cz\/mapa.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Czech Republic<\/a>; visit the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8d\/Hradi%C5%A1t%C4%9B_Lev%C3%BD_Hradec.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Clement church in Lev\u00fd Hradec<\/a>, the chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul in\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mestokladno.cz\/html\/images\/dynamicke\/budec_big.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bude\u010d<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/33\/Bazilika_Svat%C3%A9ho_Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_-_vstup.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">basilica of St. George<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d4\/Hradschin_Prag.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prague Castle<\/a>\u00a0(see also a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3f\/Maqueta_del_castell_de_praga.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reconstruction <\/a>of the tenth-century castle), the initial\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/89\/Rom%C3%A1nsk%C3%A1_rotunda_svat%C3%A9ho_V%C3%ADta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Vitus Cathedral (Rotunda) in Prague<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcentralbohemia.com\/experience\/sazava-monastery\/#galerie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S\u00e1zava monastery<\/a>, and\u00a0 the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c5\/ZnojmoRotundaKateriny.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Znojmo Rotunda <\/a>(with a fresco in the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/34\/Premysl_Orac.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interior<\/a>); see the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/88\/Wenceslas_square_statue_daytime.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statue<\/a>\u00a0of St. Wenceslas in Prague and his medieval\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/58\/Sv_Vaclav.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">portrait<\/a>; see also a brief presentation of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zamky-hrady.cz\/1\/cesky_krumlov-e.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 11 (October 27-31): New powers, II<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hungary after the conversion to Christianity [<em>Curta\u00a0<\/em>130-132, 195-198, and 269-271]; visit the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airvuz.com\/video\/Spis-Castle-Slovakia?id=592292ddb826a44b70cac45b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spi\u0161 Castle (Slovakia)<\/a>\u00a0and an outline of the history of the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alanier.at\/Sachsen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saxons in Transylvania<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #3.<\/span> The non-Christian inhabitants of Hungary [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0214-218 and 400-405;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0132-134 and 207-210]; visit the old\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsopron.com\/en\/reszletek\/old-synagogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">synagogue<\/a>\u00a0in Sopron<\/li>\n<li>Medieval Serbia and the Nemanjids [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0284-293;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0218-223 and 307-311];\u00a0visit the\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/mappingeasterneurope.princeton.edu\/item\/the-ascension-church-zica-monastery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u017di\u010da royal monastery<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 12 (November 3-7): Economy and society<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Agriculture, rural economy and cities [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0159-164, 182-193, 349-352, and 371-386;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0156-159, and 162-169]<\/li>\n<li>Social organization [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0171-181 and 358-365;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0143-145 and 153-156]<\/li>\n<li>Feudalism in Eastern Europe [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0366-370;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0136-139 and 169-170]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 13 (November 10-14): Catholicism and Orthodoxy: the rift in Eastern Europe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Royal saints and monasticism in Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0225-236 and 406-416;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0178-180];\u00a0see pictures of the abbey churches of\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/benediktinke-zadar.com\/grad-zadar\/hrvatska\/crkva-sv.-krsevan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sv. Kr\u0161evan (Zadar)<\/a> and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b9\/Sandomierz_%C5%9Bw._Jakub.JPG\/800px-Sandomierz_%C5%9Bw._Jakub.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u015aw. Jakub (Sandomierz)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Orthodoxy in Rus\u2019 [<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0198-203 and 213-214]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #4.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Orthodoxy and religious dissent in the Balkans [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0219-224;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0176-178, 190-192, and 210-212]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 14 (November 17-21): Crusades in Eastern Europe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Crusades and Eastern Europe [<em>Curta and Rossignol\u00a0<\/em>271-276;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0229-237, 240-244, 251-254, and 260-261]<\/li>\n<li>The Fourth Crusade [<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0248-251]<\/li>\n<li>The Baltic crusades [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0277-283;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0238-240, 244-248, and 254-260];\u00a0see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imperialteutonicorder.com\/id16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brief history<\/a> of the German Order of St. Mary (Teutonic Knights); see pictures of\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spottinghistory.com\/view\/1930\/ikskile-church-ruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00dcxk\u00fcll (Ik\u0161kile)<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/835\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toru\u0144<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latvia.travel\/en\/sight\/old-town-riga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riga<\/a>\u00a0and Marienburg (<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.castlesofpoland.com\/prusy\/malb_po003_de.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outside<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.castlesofpoland.com\/prusy\/malb_po050_de.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inside<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 15 (December 1-5): The Balkans and the Mongols<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #5.\u00a0<\/span>The Second Bulgarian Empire [C<em>urta<\/em>\u00a0303-307 and 311-319];\u00a0visit\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/users.mrl.illinois.edu\/petrov\/turnovo\/turnovo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T\u0103rnovo<\/a>, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire (see, especially, the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/15\/Medieval_Tarnovo_map_SVG.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plan<\/a> of the city and the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6a\/St_Demetrius_Tarnovo_Klearchos_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Demetrius Church<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Mongol invasion [<em>Curta and Rossignol<\/em>\u00a0294-300;\u00a0<em>Curta<\/em>\u00a0325-342]; see a series of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/franpritchett.com\/00maplinks\/medieval\/mongols\/mongols.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">maps of the Mongol Empire<\/a>; see a\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.numista.com\/catalogue\/pieces126024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dirham<\/a>\u00a0minted for the Golden Horde Khan Uzbek, and a brief presentation of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/silkroad\/museums\/shm\/shmmongol.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Golden Horde art<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1133,"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-539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539","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\/1133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1925,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}