Teaching Medieval Europe

Last week of classes. Yay! On Tuesday, I traced the political history of late medieval Europe. Here’s the outline: From Feudal Kingdoms t...

After 1347-50, the proportion of literate people (a) increased. (b) fell. (c) was unchanged for the next 150 years. Hans Behem (a) preached ...

Only one lecture this week, and I decided to reward the few students who tend to show up on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving with a one-off l...

“Sovereignty” means (a) divine right of kings. (b) unchallenged authority over a state. (c) maintaining the gold standard. In consolidating ...

This was the week for fourteenth-century disasters. I managed it as follows: 1. Europe Before the Great Plague --Great Famine—population pr...

This week's lectures had remarkably little to do with the content of Chapter 11. On Tuesday, I relaxed while my excellent Teaching Assis...

Which match is NOT correct? (a) Hildegarde of Bingen: mysticism. (b) Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica. (c) Averroes: founder of Oxford Unive...