UNSW Handbook Course - The Medieval World

The Medieval World - HIST2201


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Contact: Doumanis,Nicholas
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

The Middle Ages is among the most dynamic and formative phases in world history. Deals mainly with Europe and the Mediterranean world from Late Antiquity through to the Renaissance, and covers topics such as the 'fall' of Rome, the 'Barbarian West', Byzantium, Persia and Islam, the making of Latin Christendom, the Vikings, the Crusades, and Europe's cultural and intellectual revival from 1000 AD. Important themes include sex, gender, Christianity, Islam, heresy, state formation, feudalism, imperialism and warfare.

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