Introduction to the Medieval World
MEDVLSTD 10
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Description
Join us for a journey through the cultures, peoples, objects, and ideas of the millennium commonly described as "medieval", extending from the reorganization of the Eurasian world in the fourth century to its transformation in the fifteenth. With primary documents in translation and medieval books and objects in Harvard's collections as your guides, you will travel virtually through a series of medieval spaces and places—Jewish, Christian, and Islamic houses of worship, homes, palaces, schools, marketplaces, and the open road—meet the fascinating people who occupied them, and uncover how those people lived, the stories that they told, they voyages that they took, and the things that they made.
Course Notes
This course is offered by History & Literature as HIST-LIT 10AB and by Medieval Studies as MDVLSTD 10. It can be taken for concentration credit in History & Literature, and to fulfill any of the field requirements for the Secondary Field in Medieval Studies. Credit may be earned for either MDVLSTD 10 or HIST-LIT 10AB, but not both. However, enrollment in either course (MDVLSTD 10 or HIST-LIT 10AB) will count toward the concentration and secondary requirements for both Medieval Studies and History & Literature.
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