{"id":661,"date":"2021-04-08T18:02:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T22:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:55:44","slug":"euh-3121-weekly-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/euh-3121-weekly-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"EUH 3121 &#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 3121 &#8211; Weekly Topics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1 (January 9-13): Introduction (terminology, purpose, and methods). The Late Roman Empire.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The third-century Roman Empire. The Tetrarchy. [<i>Collin<\/i>,1-15;\u00a0<i>Andrea <\/i>4-13;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos,\u00a0<\/i>39 (no. 19), 229-230 (no. 164), and 252 (no. 177A)]; see also the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acs.ucalgary.ca\/~vandersp\/Courses\/maps\/basicmap.html\">on-line map<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roman-emperors.org\/dioclet.htm\">Ralph Mathisen&#8217;s essay on Diocletian<\/a>; see example of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancienttouch.com\/650.jpg\">red-slip wares<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk\/pottery\/samian4.gif\">map<\/a>\u00a0of their distribution in the first century A.D.; see reconstructions of three types of Roman\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipernity.com\/doc\/laurieannie\/24443927\">amphorae<\/a>; take a tour of the\u00a0villa rustica\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.villa-rustica.de\/index.php\/de\/\">Hechingen-Stein<\/a>\u00a0and visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/ea\/Roman_amphitheatre_of_Carthage_-_view_from_above.jpg\">Carthage<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terredilunigiana.com\/images\/luni.jpg\">Luni<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Constantine the Great [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a016-30;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a087 (no. 57) and 127-128 (no. 92)]; see also the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/edict-milan.html\">Edict of Milan<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/conv-const.html\">Eusebius on the conversion of Constantine<\/a>,\u00a0 the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/nicenecreed.html\">Nicene Creed<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roman-emperors.org\/conniei.htm\">Hans Pohlsander&#8217;s article on Constantine<\/a>; see also a map of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/legalhistorysources.com\/ChurchHistory220\/LectureTwo\/ConstantinopleMap.htm\">Constantinople<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00a0Week 2 (January 16-20): Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The fourth century [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a031-46;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0128-130 (nos. 93-94)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roman-emperors.org\/vali.htm\">Walter Roberts&#8217; article on Valentinian I<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roman-emperors.org\/theo1.htm\">David Woods&#8217; article on Theodosius I<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Late Roman Empire and the Church [<i>Collins\u00a0<\/i>61-78;\u00a0<i>Andrea<\/i>\u00a017-24;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0131-132 (no. 95 &#8211; Eusebius on the universal empire and the universal church) and 179-180 (no. 129 &#8211; St. Gregory of Nyssa on mysticism)]; see the mosaic of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuswalk.com\/christ-power\/images\/christus-victor-ravenna320x317.jpg\">Christ\u00a0Victor<\/a>\u00a0in the archbishops&#8217; chapel in Ravenna; see also<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/perpetua.html\">\u00a0the\u00a0<i>passio<\/i>\u00a0of SS. Perpetua and Felicity<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wps.ablongman.com\/wps\/media\/objects\/262\/268312\/art\/figures\/KISH_06_134.gif\">the on-line\u00a0map<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3 (January 23-27): &#8220;Barbarians at the gates?&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Migration(s) and <em>V\u00f6lkerwanderungszeit<\/em>; the Adrianople syndrome [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a047-60;\u00a0<i>Andrea<\/i> 27-34;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0329-330 (no. 243 &#8211; Synesius on the Gothic threat)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/ancient\/378adrianople.html\">Ammianus Marcellinus on the battle of Adrianople<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucalgary.ca\/HIST\/tutor\/firsteuro\/imgs\/map17.html\">;<\/a>\u00a0see aslo\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/darkwing.uoregon.edu\/~klio\/maps\/re\/EmpireMap5.jpg\">the on-line map<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AD 476 [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a079-98;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0330 (no. 244 &#8211; Jordanes on Odovacar) ]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/roman\/life-of-the-week-romulus-augustus\/\">a brief essay on Romulus Augustulus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4 (January 30-February 3): Some barbarians<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who were the Goths? [<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0327-328 (no. 241 &#8211; Wulfila converts the Goths)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acs.ucalgary.ca\/~vandersp\/Courses\/texts\/jordgeti.html\">Jordanes,\u00a0<i>Getica<\/i>\u00a025-48<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0a brief presentation of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpov.uw.edu.pl\/en\/thesaurus\/archaeological-cultures\/wielbark-culture-\">Wielbark archaeological assemblages<\/a>; see also\u00a0the first page of the Gospel according to St. Luke in Wulfila&#8217;s Gothic translation (<a href=\"http:\/\/www9.georgetown.edu\/faculty\/jod\/Picts\/luke1cl2.gif\"><i>Codex Argenteus<\/i><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Huns (<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0332-333 (no. 247 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acs.ucalgary.ca\/~vandersp\/Courses\/texts\/prisfr8.html\">Priscus on Attila the Hun<\/a>); for the archaeology of the Hunnic empire, see a few examples of gem-encrusted jewelry (<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/79\/Paar_Prunkfibeln.jpg\">fibulae<\/a>); see also a modern reconstruction of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legioilynx.com\/2012\/04\/19\/composite-bows-weapon-of-ancient-nomadic-equestrian-cultures\/\">Hunnic bows<\/a>, based on the archaeological evidence; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/451jordanes38.html\">Jordanes&#8217; account of the battle at Campus Mauriacus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 5 (February 6-10): Successor states&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8230; in Italy: the kingdom of the Ostrogoths [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a099-109;\u00a0<i>Andrea<\/i> 45-49;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0331 (no. 245 &#8211;\u00a0<i>Anonymus Valesianus<\/i>\u00a0on Theodoric)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/theodoric1.html\">Theodoric&#8217;s letters<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/olypen.com\/zob\/genealogy\/Maps\/Europe\/Europe_500.html\">the on-line map<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8230; in Gaul: the Frankish kingdom [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0109-113;\u00a0<i>Andrea<\/i> 34-44 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/salic-law.html\">Salian Law<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/gregtours1.html\">Gregory of Tours on Clovis<\/a>);\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0331-332 (no. 246 &#8211; Gregory of Tours on Clovis as Roman consul)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/historical\/shepherd\/frankish_power_481_814.jpg\">the on-line map<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 6 (February 13-17): The sixth century<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Justinian&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Reconquista<\/i>\u00a0[<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0114-132;\u00a0<i>Andrea<\/i>\u00a053-56;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a030-31 (no. 12 &#8211; Procopius on Justinian&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Reconquista<\/i>), 73-75 (no. 48 &#8211; the plan of the Digest), 76-77 (no. 49B &#8211;\u00a0<i>Corpus Iuris Civilis<\/i>\u00a0on natural law, law of nations, and civil law), 258-260 (no. 183 &#8211; Procopius on the Nika riot), 319-321 (nos. 235-236 &#8211; Procopius on Theodora)]; see also the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Byzantine-Empire\/The-successors-of-Justinian-565-610\">on-line map<\/a>\u00a0and other selections from the\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/corpus1.html\">Corpus Iuris Civilis<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Sassanian Persia and Byzantium [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0133-150;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0134 (no. 98A &#8211; Theophanes on Heraclius melting down church treasures) and 334-335 (no. 248 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/strategos1.html\">Antiochus Strategus&#8217; view of the sack of Jerusalem by the Persians<\/a>)]; see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f0\/Sassanid_Empire_226_-_651_%28AD%29.GIF\">the on-line map<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/med\/herrin.html\">Judith Herrin&#8217;s analysis of the Byzantine-Sassanian conflict<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 7 (February 20-24): Islam<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>From Muhammad to the Umayyad caliphate [<i>Collins\u00a0<\/i>133-150;\u00a0<i>Andrea <\/i>64-73 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/koran-sel.html\"><i>surahs<\/i>\u00a0from the Qu&#8217;ran<\/a>; the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/pact-umar.html\">Pact of Umar)<\/a>;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0338-339 (no. 250 &#8211; Al-Baladhuri on the conquest of Alexandria)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/med\/donner.html\">Fred Donner,\u00a0<i>The Early Islamic Conquests<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Islamic culture; see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/med\/grabar1.html\">Oleg Grabar,\u00a0<i>Ceremonial and Art at the Umayyad Court<\/i><\/a>; see a picture of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeno.ru\/showphoto.php?photo=7118&amp;size=big&amp;sort=1&amp;cat=500\">dirham<\/a>\u00a0and another of the Dome of the Rock (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbuildings.com\/cgi-bin\/gbi.cgi\/Dome_of_the_Rock.html\/cid_2250843.gbi\">exterior<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/0b\/MosqueOfOmar1914.jpg\">interior decoration<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nabataea.net\/explore\/cities_and_sites\/dome-of-the-rock\/#images-2\">cross section<\/a>); see also the Great Mosques of Kairouan (<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/4.614\/www\/images\/1023.html\">prayer hall with two domes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/4.614\/www\/images\/1022.html\">courtyard with minaret<\/a>) and Cordoba (<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/4.614\/www\/images\/1030.html\">aerial view<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/4.614\/www\/images\/1031.html\">arches<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/4.614\/www\/images\/1029.html\">entrance to the mihrab<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 8 (February 27-March 3): A case study: Spain<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00a0Visigothic Spain [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0151-160]; see also selections from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/475Visisucc.html\">Code of Euric<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Muslim Spain; see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/conqspain.html\">Ibn abd-el Hakem\u00a0<\/a>on the conquest of Visigothic Spain and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/18\/Califato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba-1000.png\">the on-line map<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 9 (March 6-10):\u00a0Far and not too far from the Empire<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Anglo-Saxon Britain [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0173-197]; see also<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1e\/British_kingdoms_c_800.svg\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1e\/British_kingdoms_c_800.svg\">the on-line map<\/a>, a brief presentation of the Anglo-Saxon village excavated at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weststow.org\/Anglo-Saxon-Village\/\">West Stow<\/a>, and selections from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/gildas.html\">Gildas&#8217;\u00a0<i>De excidio Britanniae<\/i><\/a>; see an illumination from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/44\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra.jpg\">Codex Amiatinus<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/collection-items\/gold-dinar-of-king-offa\">coin<\/a>\u00a0of King Offa; see also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltrail.co.uk\/offas-dyke-path\">map<\/a>\u00a0and an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offasdyke.org.uk\/\">image<\/a>\u00a0of Offa&#8217;s Dyke<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Lombards [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0198-219]; see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roangelo.net\/valente\/longobar.html\">the on-line map<\/a>\u00a0of the Lombard kingdom before its conquest by Charlemagne; see also an image of a Lombard king on the so-called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3c\/Agilulf%2C_king_of_the_Lombards%2C_depicted_on_a_helmet_forehead_plate.jpg\">helmet of Agilulf<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 10 (March 20-24): The early medieval Church<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000\">Midterm<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Orthodoxy and theological controversies; mission and conversion (<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0145-147 (no. 106 &#8211; Socrates on the Council of Nicea), 148-150 (no. 108 &#8211; the Council of Chalcedon), 152 (no. 110B &#8211; the sixth ecumenical council on Monotheletism); see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/legalhistorysources.com\/ChurchHistory220\/LectureTwo\/ArianControversy.htm\">the chronology of Arianism<\/a>; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/bede1.html\">Bede on the conversion of England<\/a>\u00a0and the collection of texts on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/boniface1.html\">St. Boniface and the conversion of Germany<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 11 (March 27-31): Western and Eastern Christianity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Iconoclasm [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0220-235;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0152-154 (no. 111 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/johndam-icons.html\">John of Damascus&#8217; defence of icons<\/a>), 154-156 (no. 112 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/icono-cncl754.html\">the decisions of the iconoclastic Church council of 754<\/a>), 156-157 (no. 113 &#8211; the condemnation of Iconoclasm at the council of 787), and 157 (no. 114 &#8211; Emperor Leo V&#8217;s iconoclastic views)<\/li>\n<li>Monasticism east and west [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0236-262;\u00a0<i>Andrea <\/i>83-89\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/rul-benedict-excerp.html\">the Benedictine rule<\/a>) and 89-96;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0165-167 (no. 120 &#8211; the Life of St. Anthony), 167-169 (no. 121 &#8211; St. Basil&#8217;s &#8220;Longer Rules&#8221;), 168-170, and 177-178 (Theodore of Sykeon and the charisma of the monk)]; see also the brief presentation of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chalkidiki.com\/athos\/great_lavra.html\">Great Lavra<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ouranoupoli.com\/athos\/athos.html\">Mount Athos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 12 (April 3-7): Early medieval culture and art<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Early Byzantine art [<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0192-195 (no. 139 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Akathistos Hymn<\/i>), 196-197 (no. 141 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/paulsilent-hagsoph1.html\">Paul the Silentiary&#8217;s description of Hagia Sophia<\/a>), 393-395 (no. 296 &#8211; St. Basil on the Classics), 421-422 (no. 317 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Life of St. Theodore of Sykeon<\/i>), and 432-434 (no. 324 &#8211; Philoponos against Aristotle)]; visit the basilica of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.turismo.ra.it\/en\/culture-and-history\/religious-buildings\/basilica-santapollinare-nuovo\/\">Sant&#8217;Apollinare Nuovo<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.italymagazine.com\/featured-story\/mosaic-wonder-mausoleum-galla-placidia-ravenna\">Mausoleum of Galla Placidia<\/a>\u00a0(with the famous representation of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.douglasfloyd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/goodshepherd-ravenna.jpg\">Christ as the Good Shepherd<\/a>) in Ravenna; see a presentation of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebyzantinelegacy.com\/rossano-gospels\">Rossano Gospel<\/a>; visit the Church of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbuildings.com\/buildings\/Hagia_Sophia.html\">Hagia Sophia<\/a>\u00a0in Constantinople; see a seventh-century icon of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smarthistory.org\/virgin-theotokos-and-child-between-saints-theodore-and-george\/\">enthroned Virgin with Child<\/a>\u00a0(St. Catherine Monastery, Mount Sinai)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucalgary.ca\/HIST\/tutor\/firsteuro\/imgs\/image24.html\"><br>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Insular art and the &#8220;animal style&#8221; on the Continent; for examples of Insular manuscript illumination, see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/collection-items\/lindisfarne-gospels\">Lindisfarne Gospels<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 13 (April 10-14): New powers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rise of Bulgaria [<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0346-347 (no. 257 &#8211; Emperor Nicephorus I&#8217;s campaign against Krum); 47-348 (no. 258 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Life of Methodius<\/i>) and 348-349 (no. 259 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Annals of St. Bertin<\/i>\u00a0on the pagan revolt against Prince Boris)]; see\u00a0maps of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3f\/Old_Great_Bulgaria_and_migration_of_Bulgarians.png\">&#8220;Great&#8221; Bulgaria<\/a>\u00a0and a brief presentation of Kubrat&#8217;s burial in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldensands.bg\/cultural\/treasure-pres.asp\">Malo Pereshchepyne<\/a>; visit the ruins of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooms.bg\/en\/zabelejitelnost-nacionalen-istoriko-arheologicheski-rezervat-pli.html\">Pliska<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/43\">Madara Horseman<\/a>; see a map of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/ee\/Bulgaria_Simeon_I_%28893-927%29.svg\">Danube Bulgaria<\/a>\u00a0during the early Middle Ages and another of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.czechcenter.org\/blog\/2022\/8\/19\/great-moravia-part-2\">Great Moravia<\/a>; see examples of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatianhistory.net\/gif\/ang.gif\">Glagolitic<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/cyrillic.htm\">Cyrillic<\/a>\u00a0scripts; see an icon of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forallsaints.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/cyril-and-methodius.jpg\">Sts. Cyril and Methodius<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carolingian Francia [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0160-172, 280-317;\u00a0<i>Andrea<\/i>\u00a0114-127 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/einhard1.html\">Einhard&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Life of Charlemagne<\/i><\/a>, Charlemagne&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/carol-baugulf.html\">letters<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/carol-missi1.html\">capitularies<\/a>);<i>\u00a0Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0356-357 (no. 266 &#8211; Michael II&#8217;s letter to Louis the Pious)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.historiasiglo20.org\/MEC-BC\/images\/charlemagne1.jpg\">the on-line map<\/a>\u00a0and an example of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ifiwereasnowman.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/44053-004-fd9d706b.jpg\">Carolingian script<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 14 (April 17-21): The tenth century<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The decline of the Carolingian empire [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0318-343]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Carolingian-dynasty\">the on-line map<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/830agobard.html\">Agobard of Lyon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vikings and Magyars [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0344-370;\u00a0<i>Geanakoplos<\/i>\u00a0118-120 (no. 89A &#8211; Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus on the Pechenegs; 349-350 (no. 260 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Annals of St. Bertin\u00a0<\/i>on the Rus&#8217;), 350-351 (no. 261 &#8211; Photius on the Viking attack on Constantinople), 351-352 (no. 262 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Russian Primary Chronicle\u00a0<\/i>on the conversion of Olga), and 352-353 (no. 263 &#8211; the\u00a0<i>Russian Primary Chronicle<\/i>\u00a0on Prince Vladimir&#8217;s conversion)]; see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/norse-mythology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Viking-Expansions.png\">the on-line map<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/843bertin.html\">three views on Viking raids in Francia<\/a>; for Vikings in Russia, see the\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.uoregon.edu\/kimball\/chronicle.htm\">Russian Primary Chronicle<\/a>;\u00a0<\/i>you may wish to visit the Viking-age sites at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/articles\/2007-05-01\/Science-brings-to-life-the-witnesses-to-the-Viking-age-in-North-Wales\/\">Llanbedrgoch<\/a>\u00a0(Wales) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archaeology.about.com\/cs\/explorers\/a\/anseauxmeadows.htm\">Anse aux Meadows<\/a>\u00a0(Canada); see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2014\/08\/magyar-raids-fact-fable\/\">an essay on the\u00a0Magyar raids<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 15 (April 24-27): Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Towards A.D. 1000\u00a0 [<i>Collins<\/i>\u00a0394-429]; see a map of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/maps\/962germa.jpg\">Germany,\u00a0ca. 962.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 04, 5:30-7:30 PM:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000\">Final Exam<\/span><\/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-661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661","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=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}